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Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2093
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: 

Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017

 
This bill provides for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of office in accordance with the 25th Amendment. 
 
Each former living President and each former living Vice President shall constitute such body, except any such individual who has been impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate or who is serving as President or Vice President at the time the declaration of incapacity is made. Such body shall terminate whenever less than two such eligible individuals are living and shall be reestablished whenever two or more such eligible individuals are living.
 
 A member of such body may be removed by a majority vote of all members of such body.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Lead Free Schools Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2094
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2017-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Metals
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: 

Lead Free Schools Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper within nine months. The revised regulations must ensure that: 
 
 
corrosion controls are reevaluated anytime source water or treatment is changed;
 
test results are valid by prohibiting techniques that artificially lower lead levels; 
 
monitoring includes school sites for all public water systems serving schools;
 
notification of lead problems is clear and effective; and
 
lead service lines, which are controlled by public water systems, are fully replaced on a set timetable and whenever contamination is detected.
 
 
The EPA must: (1) publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds within two years, and (2) determine whether to regulate 1,4-dioxane within two years.
 
The EPA must establish a grant program for replacing drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988 that are located in schools or day care facilities with fountains that are lead free.
 
 The bill reauthorizes for FY2018-FY2022 the voluntary school and child care program lead testing grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Fair Pay Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2095
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legal fees and court costs
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: 

Fair Pay Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Payment of different wages is allowed under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or differentials based on bona fide factors that the employer demonstrates are job-related or further legitimate business interests.) The bill allows compensatory or punitive damages for violations of such prohibition. 
 
The bill prohibits an employer from discriminating against any individual who opposes any act or practice made illegal by this bill or for assisting in an investigation, or discharging or discriminating against any employee who inquires about or discusses another employee's wages.
 
 
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall: (1) undertake studies and provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public for implementing this bill's wage discrimination prohibitions; and (2) carry on a continuing program of research, education, and technical assistance to correct wage disparities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E508)
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Missing Children's Assistance Amendment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2096
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: 

Missing Children's Assistance Amendment Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to analyze and publish certain demographic information with respect to the number of children reported missing each year, the number of such children who are victims of stranger abduction or parental kidnappings, and the number of children who are recovered each year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E505)
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act

Bill: 115-hr-2097
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: 

ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act
 
 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of &quot;armor piercing ammunition.&quot; Currently, armor piercing ammunition includes certain projectiles or projectile cores that may be used in a handgun. The bill limits that definition of armor piercing ammunition to certain projectiles or projectile cores that are designed and intended by the manufacturer solely for use in a handgun. 
The bill also revises the standard for determining when armor piercing ammunition is exempt from federal prohibitions on import, manufacture, and distribution. Current law exempts armor piercing ammunition that is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes, as determined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. This bill replaces the &quot;sporting purposes&quot; standard with a new standard that exempts armor piercing ammunition that is primarily intended by the manufacturer to be used for lawful purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Defense Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2098
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: 

Second Amendment Defense Act of 

2017

 
This bill prohibits a federal government officer or employee from taking an action that limits an individual's conduct related to firearms or ammunition that is more restrictive than limitations in effect as of January 3, 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
GI Bill Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2099
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2017-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Military medicine
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: 

GI Bill Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill includes as active duty, for purposes of eligibility for post-9/11 veterans educational assistance, service of a member of a reserve component ordered to active duty to receive authorized medical care, to be medically evaluated, or to complete a required Department of Defense health care study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Work-Study for Student Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-2100
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2017-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: 

Work-Study for Student Veterans Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through June 30, 2027, certain qualifying work-study activities for individuals receiving educational assistance through the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Prior Approval Reform Act

Bill: 115-hr-2101
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: 

Prior Approval Reform Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow a trade association or a separate segregated fund established by a trade association to solicit contributions from a member corporation's stockholders and executive or administrative personnel and their families without the approval of the member corporation. Such a solicitation may be made by more than one trade association in a calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Introduced in House
More JOBS for Rural Areas Act

Bill: 115-hr-2102
Sponsor: Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Government studies and investigations
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: 

More Job Opportunities and Business Startups for Rural Areas Act or the More JOBS for Rural Areas Act

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to report to Congress on topics related to improving access to capital in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Julian Woods Yellow Ribbon Program Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-2103
Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2017-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: 

Julian Woods Yellow Ribbon Program Expansion Act

 
This bill includes under the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program (public-private contributions for educational assistance in addition to post-9/11 educational assistance) the child or spouse of an individual who, on or after September 11, 2001, dies in the line of duty while serving on active duty (Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship recipients). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Boundary Modification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2104
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Hunting and fishing
Idaho
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Boundary Modification Act of 2017

 
This bill modifies the boundary of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho to: (1) include specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered land and certain Bureau of Reclamation administered land, and (2) exclude specified lands identified as the Segment 8 Revised Proposed Route and as the Segment 9 Revised Proposed Route. 
 
The Department of the Interior shall issue to Gateway West (a high-voltage transmission line project in Idaho and Wyoming) a right-of-way for such proposed routes, which is to be used for the construction and maintenance of transmission lines and for access roads and activities related to fire prevention and suppression, subject to construction mitigation and conservation requirements. 
 
Interior shall: (1) administer the BLM and Reclamation administered lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and (2) continue to administer the proposed route lands but as lands that are not included in the conservation area. 
 
The bill transfers from Reclamation to the BLM administrative jurisdiction over the Reclamation administered lands. 
 
Interior shall amend the management plan for the conservation area in order to address the long-term management of the BLM and Reclamation administered lands, including for livestock grazing, hunting, fishing, and motorized access. 
 
Specified federal land in the Cotterel Wind Power Project area may not be used for producing electricity from wind. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Partner with Korea Act

Bill: 115-hr-2106
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign labor
South Korea
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

Partner with Korea Act
 
 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Department of Labor has certified to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Department of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Pilots Act

Bill: 115-hr-2107
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

Fairness for Pilots Act

 
This bill amends the Pilot's Bill of Rights to revise the authorization for appeal to a federal court by a substantially affected individual from a decision of the National Transportation Safety Board to uphold an adverse Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) order or final decision. The bill specifies the suspension or revocation of an airman certificate as the punitive civil action which may be appealed.
 
A U.S. district court shall review de novo an FAA denial, suspension, or revocation of an airman certificate.
 
The bill prescribes requirements for FAA reexamination of airmen certificates where there are reasonable grounds to question an airman's lack of competence or believe a certificate was obtained through fraud.
 
The FAA may not take enforcement action against an individual for violation of a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) regarding airspace system information until the FAA certifies its compliance with certain NOTAM Improvement Program requirements. 
 
The FAA, upon receiving a request for a covered flight record of air traffic data not in its possession, shall request the record from a FAA contract tower or other FAA contractor possessing it. 
 
The FAA shall revise certain regulations for FAA administrative disposition of a case under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 or the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize the FAA legal counsel to close covered enforcement actions with a warning notice, letter of correction, or other administrative action. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
GI Bill STEM Extension Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2108
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: 

GI Bill STEM Extension Act of 2017

 
 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay the lesser of nine months or $30,000 of additional Post-9/11 educational assistance to selected eligible veterans who have used all of the Post-9/11 educational assistance to which they were entitled and who: (1) are enrolled in a postsecondary education program that requires more than the standard 128 semester (or 192 quarter) credit hours for completion in a specified science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field; or (2) have earned a postsecondary degree in one of those fields and are enrolled in a teaching certification program.
 
 In selecting eligible individuals, priority shall be given to individuals who: (1) require the most credit hours; or (2) served on active duty service for at least 36 months with an honorable discharge, continued active duty service after such 36-month period, or served at least 30 days of continuous active duty service with a service-connected discharge.
 
 Such additional assistance may not be transferred.
 
 The maximum amount of assistance paid to all eligible individuals in a fiscal year may not exceed $100 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-04-20
text: Introduced in House