| HB1841 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to issue a final order that removes marijuana in any form from all schedules of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Marijuana is exempted fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Conservation and Forestry Committee |
| HB1846 | Intro
Sine Die | PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017 Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2017 This bill amends the PROTECT our Children Act of 2008 to reauthorize through FY2022 the National Internet Crimes Aga...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| SB919 | Intro
Sine Die | REVIEW Act of 2017 Require EValuation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a final agency rule from being published or taking effect until: (1) the agency submits the rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SR136 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) in remembrance of the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2017; (2) that the Presiden...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB1891 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017 This bill amends the Plant Protection Act to allow state, local, or tribal governments to use methyl bromide as a fumigant if: (1) the use is required to respond to an emergency concerning a significant economi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Committee |
| SB914 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2017 This bill addresses contaminants of emerging concern (emerging contaminants), which are not regulated under a national primary drinking water regulation and may have an adverse effect on human health. The En...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB1888 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to allow federal entities that utilize government station licenses to participate in the incentive auction program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities |
| HB1854 | Intro
Sine Die | Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017 This bill requires a state that receives grant funds under the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) or the controlled substance monitoring program to comply with specified requirements, including a requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| SB918 | Intro
Sine Die | End Government Shutdowns Act This bill provides specified continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB1857 | Intro
Sine Die | Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on: (1) serious crimes committed by informants maintained by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB1853 | Intro
Sine Die | Kalief Browder Reentry Success Act of 2017 Kalief's Law This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program to provide pre-release mental health screenings and post-release mental heath and social services to individuals who are ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB1795 | Intro
Sine Die | DUE PROCESS Act of 2017 Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights Of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions related to federal civil forfeiture cases. Specifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB2079 | Intro
Sine Die | Young Fishermen's Development Act of 2017 This bill directs the National Sea Grant Office in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Young Fishermen's Development Grant Program to provide training, education, outreach, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans |
| HB2036 | Intro
Sine Die | To prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to which members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps or civilian employees of the Department of Defense are entitled based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-24
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel |
| HB2065 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare You Can Opt Into Act of 2017 This bill allows an individual to buy into Medicare for hospital insurance if the individual is residing in the United States and is a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident. The Department of Health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB2066 | Intro
Sine Die | PIMA of 2017 Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2017 This bill expands Medicare's prohibition on physician self-referrals to include, with specified exceptions, certain advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy, and physical therapy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1742 | Intro
Sine Die | Article V Records Transparency Act of 2017 This bill directs the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to make and transmit to Congress an organized compilation of all applications and rescissions of applications ever made by states und...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HR269 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Recognizes that National Sexual Assault A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HJR94 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the sixteenth article of amendment. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution (authorizing taxation of inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HR250 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the need to eliminate life without parole for children. Applauds and celebrates the Supreme Court's decisions in Roper v. Simmons, Graham v. Florida, and Miller v. Alabama to strike down the death penalty, the use of life without parole se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB1995 | Intro
Sine Die | V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017 Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to expand testing of a model of Med...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB2050 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low-vision devices under Medica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1813 | Intro
Sine Die | Border Wall Funding Act of 2017 This bill amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require a remittance transfer provider to collect from the sender a remittance fee of 2% of the U.S. dollar amount to be transferred to a recipient in Mexico, Guatem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB2112 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Government Decentralization Commission Act This bill establishes in the General Services Administration the Federal Government Decentralization Commission to study and submit a plan for the relocation of executive agencies or divisions of exe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB1822 | Intro
Sine Die | Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to shield a health care professional from liability under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB1817 | Intro
Sine Die | Chemical Poisons Reduction Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the use of sodium fluoroacetate (i.e., Compound 1080) and sodium cyanide in a predator control device. It imposes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both—on a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB2107 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 Fede...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Aviation |
| HJR98 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB2113 | Intro
Sine Die | Speeding Access to Already Approved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration to facilitate the development and expedite the review of a new drug, biological prod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1781 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensive Fentanyl Control Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-21
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB2032 | Intro
Sine Die | Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to enter into an agreement within 180 days with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, Currituck County, North Carolina, and the state of North Carolina to provide for the mana...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-20
To House Subcommittee on Federal Lands |
| HB2114 | Intro
Sine Die | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft. This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB2110 | Intro
Sine Die | Tax Fairness for All Families Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to provide for an increased credit percentage for taxpayers with more than three qualifying children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB2111 | Intro
Sine Die | Tax Equity Act of 2017 7 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for regional cost-of-living adjustments in individual income tax rates. The bill also directs the Department of Labor to determine and publish a regional cost-of-living in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-20
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB2108 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-20
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB544 | Pass | A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to modify the termination date for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
Became Public Law No: 115-26. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB1986 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation Security Administration Ombudsman Act of 2017 This bill establishes in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security an Office of the Ombudsman to assist TSA employees who have complaints about...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security |
| HB2044 | Intro
Sine Die | America's Red Rock Wilderness Act This bill designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Federal Lands |
| SJR30 | Pass | A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Steve Case as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. This joint resolution reappoints Steve Case as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
Became Public Law No: 115-27. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB1668 | Intro
Sine Die | Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act This bill establishes the Bureau of Land Management Foundation as a charitable, nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, obtain, administer, and use private gifts of money, devises, and bequests of real an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Federal Lands |
| HB2039 | Intro
Sine Die | Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include as a "countervailable subsidy" requiring action under a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding the benefit conferred on merchandise imported into the Un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Trade |
| HB2002 | Intro
Sine Die | Florida Coastal Protection Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing in the following areas: the Eastern Gulf of Mexico P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources |
| SJR35 | Pass | A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. This joint resolution appoints Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
Became Public Law No: 115-28. (TXT | PDF) |
| SJR36 | Pass | A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. This joint resolution appoints Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-19
Became Public Law No: 115-29. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB353 | Pass | Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 TITLE I--UNITED STATES WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING IMPROVEMENT (Sec. 101) This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to prioritize weather research to imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-18
Became Public Law No: 115-25. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB1966 | Intro
Sine Die | REAL Protection Act Resurveys Entitle Adjacent Landowners to Protection Act This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to notify all property owners with land abutting or adjacent to federal land being resurveyed of the pending resurvey. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-17
To House Subcommittee on Federal Lands |
| HB2031 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to disqualify an individual from receiving disability insuran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-17
To House Subcommittee on Social Security |
| HB1937 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Security Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education and the Social Security Administration to jointly carry out a student loan forgiveness program that will forgive Federal Direct loan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-17
To House Subcommittee on Social Security |
| HB1953 | Intro
Sine Die | Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017 This bill allows coverage, under Medicare, of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by providers other than primary care physicians and practitioners. Additionally, it allows coverage under Medicare's...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1920 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes. This bill modifies th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
