| HB127 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017 This bill revises urbanized area formula grant recipient requirements to require a recipient to certify that it will ensure that a fare of no more than 50% of the peak hour fare will be charged to a U.S. veteran ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB291 | Intro
Sine Die | TRUST Act Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act or the TRUST Act This bill denies retirement benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Administration Committee |
| HB287 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Job Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude students who are employed by an institution of higher education (IHE) and carrying what the school considers a full-time academic workload at the IHE from being ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HCR5 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB247 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to: increase the maximum contribution amounts, permit the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB270 | Intro
Sine Die | Environmental Justice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the employment taxes of a tax-exempt organization equal to 40% of amounts paid or incurred by such organization to support environmental justice co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB254 | Intro
Sine Die | REAL Act of 2017 Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2017 This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the provision that prohibits Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in a federal or st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB89 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county additions to the Appalachian region. This bill adds the Tennessee counties of Hickman, Perry, and Wayne to the definition of "Appalachian region" for purposes of Appalachian regio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB120 | Intro
Sine Die | Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act This bill directs the President to reduce foreign assistance allocations for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador by an amount equal to the number of unaccompanied alien children who are nati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB98 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Social Security Act (SSAct), and other federal laws (including provisions concerning workers' compensation, retirement benefits, disability and dea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB149 | Intro
Sine Die | Housing Fairness Act of 2017 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct a nationwide testing program to:...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB87 | Intro
Sine Die | To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. This bill makes 5% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spendin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB109 | Intro
Sine Die | Mortgage Insurance Tax Deduction Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB160 | Intro
Sine Die | To end the use of corporal punishment in schools, and for other purposes. This bill amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the Department of Education (ED) from providing funding to any state or local educational agency (LEA) that al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB156 | Intro
Sine Die | Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to address initial contract negotiation. Specifically, the bill requires mediation if an employer and a newly certified union have not reached a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB122 | Intro
Sine Die | Original Living Wage Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB198 | Intro
Sine Die | Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR1 | Intro
Sine Die | Electing officers of the House of Representatives. Elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Karen L. Haas as Clerk, (2) Paul D. Irving as Sergeant at Arms, (3) Philip George Kiko as Chief Administrative Officer, and (4) Fath...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB31 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Sunset Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each federal executive age...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB189 | Intro
Sine Die | Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Under curre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR3 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress. Provides for appointment of a House of Representatives committee joined with a Senate committee to notify the President that a quorum of each Hous...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Pursuant to H. Res. 3, the Chair appointed the following Members to the committee on the part of the House to join a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each house has assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make: Mr. McCarthy of California, and Ms. Pelosi of California. |
| HB186 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Virgin Islands College Access Act of 2017 This bill directs the U.S. Virgin Islands to award grants to public four-year institutions of higher education (IHEs) located in a state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam to cover ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR4 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk. Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that Paul D. Ryan has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB86 | Intro
Sine Die | To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. This bill makes 2% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spendin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB171 | Intro
Sine Die | To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. This bill redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, and (2) the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB126 | Intro
Sine Die | Students Voicing Opinions in Today's Elections (VOTE) Act This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program providing funds, during FY2017, to local educational agencies (LEAs) for initiatives that provide 12th graders...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
| HB203 | Intro
Sine Die | Summer Meals Act of 2017 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to redefine "areas in which poor economic conditions exist," where the summer food service program for children may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (cu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB152 | Intro
Sine Die | Prince Hall Freemasonry Stamp Act This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a forever stamp in recognition of the historical importance of the Prince Hall Freemasonry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HJR11 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule. This joint resolution nullifies the Stream Protection Rule finalized by the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB172 | Intro
Sine Die | To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the prohibition against churches and other tax-exempt organizatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB153 | Intro
Sine Die | Michael E. DeBakey Stamp Act This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to provide for the issuance of a forever stamp to honor the work of Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, who helped develop the mobile army surgical hospital.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB116 | Intro
Sine Die | Main Street Fairness Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prevent qualified business income attributed to individuals from being taxed at a higher rate than corporate income. (Under current law, business income attributed to individuals ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB85 | Intro
Sine Die | To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. This bill makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spendin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB123 | Intro
Sine Die | FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Housing Act to reauthorize a pilot program that establishes for mortgagees an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information on mort...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR5 | Intro
Sine Die | Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress as the Rules for the 115th Congress, with amendments. (Sec. 2) Directs the Sergeant-at-Arms to impose a fine against a Memb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB128 | Intro
Sine Die | Semipostal Stamp Clarification Act of 2017 This bill removes the authority of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue semipostal stamps (stamps sold at a premium to raise funds for causes of national public interest) except as provided by an Act of C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR15 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service. Urges the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to take all appropriat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR7 | Intro
Sine Die | Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. Elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) the Budget, (3) Education and the Workforce, (4) Energy and Commerce, (5) Financial S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB155 | Intro
Sine Die | Worksite Reporting Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to revise regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by requiring site-controlling employers to keep a site log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB60 | Intro
Sine Die | ENLIST Act Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training Act This bill authorizes the enlistment in the Armed Forces of aliens unlawfully present in the United States on December 31, 2012, who: (1) have been continuously present in the United ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Landlord Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to make it unlawful to discriminate in connection with the rental of a dwelling because the current or prospective tenant holds a housing voucher for rental assistance under se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR14 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproving of President Obama and his administration's refusal to veto the anti-Israel resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on December 23, 2016. Disapproves of: (1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, adopted on D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HJR5 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB193 | Intro
Sine Die | American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017 This bill repeals the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 and other specified related laws. The bill requires: (1) the President to terminate U.S. membership in the United Nations (U.N.), including an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB191 | Intro
Sine Die | Hire A Hero Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow small businesses a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a member of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard, and (2) make such credit with respect to the hiring of qua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB52 | Intro
Sine Die | Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn While You Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to request labor unions, general contractors, and businesses that will rebuild infrastructure, transpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR8 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for the designation of certain minority employees. Names individuals to fill six specified minority party employee positions authorized by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929. Authorizes the minority leader to appoint and set the annual rate of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB125 | Intro
Sine Die | FHA In-Person Servicing Improvement Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a pilot program to use authority under the National Housing Act to pay insurance benefits to compensate a mortgagee f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HCR2 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and its Associated Forces Authorizes the President to use all necessary and appropriate force to defend U.S. national security against the threat posed by the Is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB56 | Intro
Sine Die | America RISING Act of 2017 America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to jointly establish a grant program to defray...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
