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Investing in America: Rebuilding America's Airport Infrastructure Act

Bill: 115-hr-1265
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Investing in America: Rebuilding America's Airport Infrastructure Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2021 and revises the Airport Improvement Program. Specifically, the bill: (1) eliminates the federal cap on passenger facility charges (local user fees) of $4.50 per enplanement; and (2) with respect to large hub airports that increase such charges beyond $4.50 per enplanement, provides for corresponding reductions in program grant funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Vision Zero Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1266
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Vision Zero Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award grants to a city, town, township, borough, county, parish, district, village, or other political subdivision of a state to develop a Vision Zero plan to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in its jurisdiction within a specified timeframe, not to exceed 20 years. 
 
The Department may award grants to up to five entities serving such jurisdictions, with at least 25% of grant funds going to entities that serve a jurisdiction with a population of under 200,000. The federal share of projects costs shall not exceed 80%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E257)
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
PHIT Act

Bill: 115-hr-1267
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax deductions
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Personal Health Investment Today Act or the PHIT Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a medical care tax deduction for up to $1,000 ($2,000 for a joint return or a head of household) of qualified sports and fitness expenses per year. The bill defines "qualified sports and fitness expenses" as amounts paid exclusively for the sole purpose of participating in a physical activity, including: (1) fitness facility memberships, (2) physical exercise or activity programs, and (3) equipment for a physical exercise or activity program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-1268
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Income tax exclusion
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any state loan repayment or forgiveness program that is intended to provide for increased access to veterinary services in such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act

Bill: 115-hr-1269
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
California
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to: 
 
 
complete the final feasibility study authorized under the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act for the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County, California, which shall evaluate the development of the project as a non-federal project whereby Interior may be a participant in the locally preferred project; 
 
work with the Department of Commerce, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate the efforts of the relevant agencies and work with the state of California, the Sites Project Authority, and other stakeholders to complete and issue the final joint environmental impact statement and report on the project; 
 
submit such study and report to specified congressional committees; and 
 
take steps necessary to ensure that, in return for any federal investment in a non-federal Sites project, a proportionate share of the project's public benefits are federal benefits. 

 
The bill amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to: (1) authorize Interior to participate in construction of the project if Interior determines that the project is feasible; and (2) direct the Bureau, at the Authority's request, to enter into a partnership agreement for the Authority to provide full project management control for construction of the project or a separable element of the project.
 
The bill directs: (1) the Bureau to advance the project as a non-federal project under specified circumstances, and (2) Interior to execute a long-term agreement with the Authority for the coordination of operations of the Sites project and the Central Valley Project. 
 
With respect to the Sites project, the Bureau shall: (1) be the lead federal agency for the purposes of all federal reviews, approvals, or decisions required under federal law to allow either the Bureau or the Authority to construct the project; and (2) take steps necessary to ensure that all such reviews, approvals, or decisions are completed on an expeditious basis by January 1, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
DXM Abuse Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1271
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

DXM Abuse Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a retailer that sells certain drugs containing dextromethorphan (DXM) to have a verification system that is intended to ensure that no one under 18 years of age purchases such drugs from the retailer, (2) establish other restrictions on the sale of over-the-counter drugs containing DXM, and (3) establish restrictions on the distribution of bulk DXM.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-1273
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act 

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species.
 
The departments are prohibited from making the information publicly available when: (1) the public disclosure of the information is prohibited by state law relating to the protection of personal information, and (2) the state makes a request to a department to withhold the information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E263)
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act

Bill: 115-hr-1274
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination.
 
The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination.

action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination.
 
The appropriate department must: (1) use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination; and (2) publish online the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each listing determination unless public disclosure is prohibited by a state law relating to protection of personal information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 422.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-561.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-561.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 14.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E262)
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1276
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alaska
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Guam
Hawaii
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to revise the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits. 
 
The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan, which is the diet required to feed a family of four, consisting of:
 
 
a man and a woman 19-50 years of age, 
 
a child 6-8 years of age, and 
 
a child 9-11 years of age. 
 
 
USDA must make adjustments to the plan to account for household size, changes in the cost of the diet, and the costs of food in specified areas. 
 
The bill revises the amounts authorized for nutrition assistance block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa and requires the amounts to be modified based on adjustments to the low-cost food plan. 
 
The bill modifies the requirements for calculating household income to determine SNAP eligibility by: (1) authorizing a standard medical expense deduction for households containing an elderly or disabled member, and (2) eliminating the cap on the deduction for excess shelter expenses. 
 
The bill exempts from SNAP work requirements able-bodied adults without dependents who are not offered a position in a SNAP Employment and Training Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
State Medicaid Waiver Flexibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1277
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

State Medicaid Waiver Flexibility Act of 2017

 
This bill indefinitely extends a state's Medicaid managed care waiver if: (1) the waiver was in effect as of January 1, 2017, (2) the waiver's renewal has been approved at least twice, and (3) the waiver's terms or conditions remain unchanged.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

Bill: 115-hr-1278
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of &quot;firearm&quot; to include any combination of parts designed and intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Health Savings Account Act

Bill: 115-hr-1280
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Health Savings Account Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) increase the maximum contribution limits for HSAs to match the sum of the annual deductible and out-of-pocket expenses permitted under a high deductible health plan, (2) allow individuals who receive primary care services in exchange for a fixed periodic fee or payment to participate in an HSA, and (3) permit HSAs to be used for fitness center memberships. 
 
The bill also allows a medical care tax deduction for periodic provider fees, including: (1) periodic fees paid to a primary care physician for a defined set of medical services or the right to receive medical services on an as-needed basis; and (2) pre-paid primary care services designed to screen for, diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease and promote wellness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act.

Bill: 115-hr-1281
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 
 This bill amends the Highlands Conservation Act to reauthorize through FY2021 financial assistance for land conservation partnership projects in the highlands regions of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in Student Lending Act

Bill: 115-hr-1283
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Transparency in Student Lending Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand disclosure requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in the Direct Loan program. Specifically, it requires an IHE to disclose, prior to disbursement, the annual percentage rate applicable to a Direct Loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1284
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants to provide hospice care under Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-01
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: 2017-03-01
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: 2017-03-01
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: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1285
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2017

 
 This bill designates: (1) certain federal land in the Olympic National Forest in the state of Washington as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) certain other land, identified on the same map as such proposed areas, as potential wilderness. 
 
The bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers specified segments of the following rivers in the state of Washington:
 
 
Elwha River;
 
Dungeness River;
 
Big Quilcene River;
 
Dosewallips River;
 
Duckabush River;
 
Hamma Hamma River;
 
South Fork Skokomish River;
 
Middle Fork Satsop River;
 
West Fork Satsop River;
 
Wynoochee River;
 
East Fork Humptulips River;
 
West Fork Humptulips River;
 
Quinault River;
 
Queets River;
 
Hoh River;
 
Bogachiel River;
 
South Fork Calawah River;
 
Sol Duc River; and
 
Lyre River.
 
 
 The Department of Agriculture may take necessary measures to control fire, insects, and diseases in the wilderness areas designated by this bill. 
 
 The federal land within the boundaries of the designated river segments is withdrawn from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Funding Act

Bill: 115-hr-1286
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: 

Pell Grant Funding Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to use any excess revenue generated by the Federal Direct Loan program during a fiscal year to carry out the Federal Pell Grant program in the next fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Introduced in House