| HB51 | Intro
Sine Die | Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges and Universities Act This bill amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish and provide funding for a grant prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Committee |
| HB150 | Intro
Sine Die | PROTECT Act of 2017 Providing Rewards for Outstanding Tips to Expose Crimes in Technology Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish and publicize a cybercrime reward program for individuals who provide information leading t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB528 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit an individual holding federal office from soliciting funds directly from any person: (1) for or on behalf of any political committee, or (2) for or on the behalf of any p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Administration Committee |
| HB568 | Intro
Sine Die | FAIR Act Financial Accountability in Reporting Act t This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require an individual who filed a financial disclosure report as a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, or Member of Congr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB545 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Commission on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Act of 2017 This bill establishes the United States Commission on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to investigate and address any practices on the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB516 | Intro
Sine Die | Tax Benefit for Homeownership Clarification Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the limitation on the mortgage interest deduction for the acquisition indebtedness of certain taxpayers. (Acquisition indebtedness is indebtedness th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB250 | Intro
Sine Die | Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) a new Ninth Circuit, to be composed of California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet |
| HB524 | Intro
Sine Die | End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from an induced abortion for research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health on the transplantation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB557 | Intro
Sine Die | FCC "ABCs" Act of 2017 This bill amends Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in the case of a proposed or final rule (including a proposed or final amendment to an existing rule) that may have an economica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HCR9 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of Congress that a day should be designated as "National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day". Expresses the sense of Congress that a National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day should be designated to: (1) remind all Americans of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB521 | Intro
Sine Die | Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage any individual residing in a county with fewer than two health insurance issuers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR52 | Intro
Sine Die | Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. Elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) the Budget; (3) Foreign Affairs; (4) Natural Resources; (5) Oversight and Government Ref...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB177 | Intro
Sine Die | To bar Supreme Court decisions in certain Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases from citation. This bill bars the Supreme Court from citing for the purpose of precedence [sic] in all future cases the following Supreme Court decisions conce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB579 | Intro
Sine Die | Muhammad Ali Commemorative Coin Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue commemorative coins that emblemize the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali. Surcharges received from the sale of these coins shall be paid to: (1) the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB197 | Intro
Sine Die | To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho. This bill requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet |
| HB564 | Intro
Sine Die | Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB563 | Intro
Sine Die | Unaffordable Care Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage an individual who: (1) resides in a location with fewer than two qualified health plans offered through an e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB562 | Intro
Sine Die | Obamacare Regressive Tax Relief Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the penalties for individuals who fail to maintain the minimum essential health insurance coverage required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB533 | Intro
Sine Die | Corporate Rate Equality and Trade Empowerment Jobs Act of 2017 Create Jobs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to lower the rate of tax on the taxable income of corporations to the greater of: (1) 10%, or (2) the rate that is 5% below the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB517 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensure Fair Prices in Title Insurance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to exempt affiliated business arrangements from the prohibitions against kickbacks and unearned fees so long as no fee, kickback, or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB567 | Intro
Sine Die | RIGGED Act Relatives in Government Getting Employment Dishonorably Act This bill amends federal civil service law to revise the restrictions on the employment of relatives to: (1) make such restrictions applicable to the White House Office and the Ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB575 | Intro
Sine Die | Cosmetic Modernization Amendments of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth provisions governing the regulation of cosmetics by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including requiring the registration of manuf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB566 | Intro
Sine Die | Terror-Free Skies Act This bill requires the President to report to specified congressional committees every 180 days on the Iranian government's use of commercial aircraft and related services for illicit military or other activities during the past...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB163 | Intro
Sine Die | Gun Manufacturers Accountability Act This bill amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to repeal provisions that prohibit state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings from being brought against firearm or ammunition manuf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB173 | Intro
Sine Die | Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, beginning with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB551 | Intro
Sine Die | Care for All Act of 2017 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow catastrophic plans to be offered as qualified health plans to any individual in the individual or group market. (Qualified health plans are sold on heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB207 | Intro
Sine Die | To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program. The bill vests title to real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Gra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Conservation and Forestry Committee |
| HB543 | Intro
Sine Die | Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Americans Act This bill amend title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in approving Medicaid demonstration projects, to: prioritize projects tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB187 | Intro
Sine Die | Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands for individuals who are a national of a country that is a member or an associate membe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB196 | Intro
Sine Die | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2017 This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) the Ninth Circuit, composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) the Twe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet |
| HB82 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit financial assistance to a foreign country that refuses or unreasonably delays the acceptance of an alien who: (1) is a citizen, subject...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB41 | Intro
Sine Die | POWERS Act of 2017 Preventing Overreach Within the Executive Rulemaking System Act of 2017 This bill prohibits publication or service of a rule for 60 days following the date of the publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking for such rule. If, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| HB135 | Intro
Sine Die | Cyber Privacy Fortification Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for intentional failures to provide required notices regarding security breaches of computerized data that there is reason to believe res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| HB482 | Intro
Sine Die | Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 This bill nullifies: the final Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" and any successor rule substantially similar to it, and the notice re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR47 | Intro
Sine Die | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives respecting budget-related points of order. Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require any Committee on Rules resolution for consideration ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Rules Committee |
| HB34 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe Students Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to repeal provisions that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB64 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to release early an offender who has completed at least half of his or her prison sentence if such offender has: ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB53 | Intro
Sine Die | CATCH Traffickers Act of 2017 Coordinated Assistance To Catch Human Traffickers Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish and maintain a national database for human trafficking investigations. It requires a federa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HJR21 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit Congress' power to impose a tax on a failure to purchase goods or services. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit Congress from making any law th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB483 | Intro
Sine Die | No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make an institution of higher education (IHE) that is a sanctuary campus ineligible for funds under title IV. It defines the term "sa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB498 | Intro
Sine Die | Cuba DATA Act Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the President to permit any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction to: export consumer communication devices and other telecommunications equipment to Cuba; p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB480 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt private activity bond financing, to: (1) eliminate a provision that restricts nonprofit scholarship funding corporations that acquire student ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB488 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB491 | Intro
Sine Die | Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2017 This bill provides for the repayment of amounts previously borrowed by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) from the Department of the Treasury. GSEs are financial services corporations created by Congress and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB62 | Intro
Sine Die | Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to hire 200 additional agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB500 | Intro
Sine Die | Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act Tax Relief for our Nation's Heroes Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any amount attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness of a veteran who served on active duty an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB35 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) allow an additional tax deduction for amounts paid to the HSA of a taxpayer's child or grandchild; (2) allow a rollover of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| HB487 | Intro
Sine Die | To prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other deliberately lethal action and to transfer the authority to conduct such strikes or lethal action to the Department of Defense. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Intelligence Committee |
| HB65 | Intro
Sine Die | RAISE Act of 2017 Reforming Alternatives to Incarceration and Sentencing to Establish a Better Path for Youth Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain nonvio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB492 | Intro
Sine Die | End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Housing Act with respect to the requirement that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) endeavor to ensure that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) attains a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Financial Services Committee |
