| HB1395 | Intro
Sine Die | MACPAC Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions related to the duties, membership, and conflict-of-interest policies of the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Paym...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1413 | Intro
Sine Die | ENRICH Act Expanding Nutrition's Role in Curricula and Healthcare Act This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a program of three-year competitive grants to accredited medical schools for the development or exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR193 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting health coverage for all Americans. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act must keep costs to health care consumers at or below their current rates and kee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1389 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing State Flexibility in Care Coordination for the Most Vulnerable Act of 2017 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program to require enrollment with a managed care entity as a condition o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HJR87 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Approval, Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Partial Appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Environment |
| HB1381 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program to impose a work requirement as a condition of eligibility. A program may not apply such a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR173 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. (Sec. 1) Sets forth the levels of payment for 115th Congress expenses (including staff salaries) for the House Committees on: (1) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB1527 | Intro
Sine Die | For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova. Provides for the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB1374 | Intro
Sine Die | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. The validity and enforceability of an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| HB1594 | Intro
Sine Die | To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits: (1) any pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1307 | Intro
Sine Die | Public Option Deficit Reduction Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer a public health insurance option that ensures choice, competition, and stability...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1595 | Intro
Sine Die | Mutual Bank Capital Opportunity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to allow mutual capital certificates issued by a mutual depository (i.e., a federally insured depository institution operating in a non-stock form) to qual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB1597 | Intro
Sine Die | Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to specify the principal duties of Commercial Market Representatives, government contracting staff stationed at area Small Business Administration (SBA) offic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Small Business Committee |
| HB1614 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Loan Refinancing Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a borrower of a Federal Direct Loan program loan to modify the interest rate on such a loan to the current applicable rate. That ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1611 | Intro
Sine Die | Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require each issuer to disclose, in any proxy or consent solicitation material for an annual shareholders meeting, the gender composition of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR206 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing Girl Scouts of the United States of America on its 105th birthday and on the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Recognizesthe 105th birthday of the Girl Scouts and the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scout Cookie Program. D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1615 | Intro
Sine Die | Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to ban campaign contributions and expenditures by corporations that are controlled, influenced, or owned by foreign nationals. Foreign natio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Administration Committee |
| HB1310 | Intro
Sine Die | SMASH Act Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants for mosquito control programs. The grant p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HCR34 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the charitable contribution deduction. Reaffirms the importance of encouraging rather than diminishing philanthropic services which respond to the needs of communities. Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the tax ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1300 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 This bill requires a business that employs 50 or more call center employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more call center employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection |
| HB1599 | Intro
Sine Die | No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the payment of any performance award (including, but not limited to, bonuses, step increases, and time off) to an employee of the Internal Revenue Service who owes an outstan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1601 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce the required frequency of student achievement tests in mathematics and reading or language arts. Currently, students must...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1323 | Intro
Sine Die | Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits under Medicaid Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1602 | Intro
Sine Die | Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1620 | Intro
Sine Die | Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and federal civil service law to entitle to leave an eligible employee, including a federal employee, to care for an adult child, grandparent, or grand...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1619 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to Terrorists Act This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide training to: (1) the national military or other security forces of Israel, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB1334 | Intro
Sine Die | ALERTED Act of 2017 Assuring Law Enforcement Requests Are Timely Evaluated by the Department of Homeland Security Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, upon request by a f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB1600 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1603 | Intro
Sine Die | Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to assist qualified individuals in receiving the education and training needed to become a physician ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1340 | Intro
Sine Die | Interagency Cybersecurity Cooperation Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish the Interagency Communications Security Committee as an advisory committee to: review communications security reports from federal a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB1581 | Intro
Sine Die | Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend to Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, Indian allotments, and areas with high populations of Indian people the universal service principle that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB1572 | Intro
Sine Die | Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility, to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB1322 | Intro
Sine Die | Women's Health Protection Act of 2017 This bill prohibits any government from imposing on abortion services: a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or medical procedures; a requirement that the same clinician who performs a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR204 | Intro
Sine Die | Declaring support for Brain Awareness Week. Declares support for Brain Awareness Week. Calls upon Americans to recognize and support brain and spinal cord research.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1314 | Intro
Sine Die | Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act This bill amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Environment |
| HB1563 | Intro
Sine Die | Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to develop a patient registry to collect data on mesothelioma. The agency mus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1325 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with flexibility with respect to providing premium assistance under the Medicaid program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1355 | Intro
Sine Die | Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2017 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to give states the option of monitoring lead, ozone, particulate matter, or sulfur dioxide by greatly increasing the number of air quality sensors under their state i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Environment |
| HB1333 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom to Use Contracted Entities Act This bill allows a state Medicaid program to use a contractor to make eligibility determinations on its behalf, so long as the contract does not provide incentives for the contractor to delay eligibility determi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1311 | Intro
Sine Die | Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid vapor pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. The bill applies the Reid vapo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Environment |
| HR195 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to conservative environmental stewardship. Expresses the commitment of the House of Representatives to work constructively on creating and supporting economically viable and broadly supported ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Environment |
| HB1354 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2017 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 dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR205 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to ensuring that women's health care under current law is preserved. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the health care system should continue to provide health i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1586 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Our Kids' Medicine Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of liquid formulations of over-the-counter drugs that are not packaged with a dosage delivery device, such as a calibrated cup or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1568 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act of 2017 This bill establishes a national hiring standard for motor carriers. The bill defines an"entity" as a person acting as: a shipper (excluding an individual shipper) or a consignee; a broker, a fre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB1319 | Intro
Sine Die | Local and Municipal Health Care Choice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize a local government in a secondary state to provide group health coverage to its officers, employees, or retirees and their dependents throu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1592 | Intro
Sine Die | Holding Health Insurers Harmless Act This bill exempts health insurers and group health plan sponsors from penalties for offering coverage or plans that fail to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1348 | Intro
Sine Die | Investing in Testing Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the health implications of contamination of drinking water by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). (PFASs can accumulate in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1579 | Intro
Sine Die | Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring each community water system to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) source water and distribution system vulnerability assessments that id...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Environment |
| HB1591 | Intro
Sine Die | WiFi Capable Mobile Devices Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue rules to ensure that providers of mobile broadband Internet access service supported through the Lifeline Assistance Program offer mobile d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
