| SB176 | Intro
Sine Die | HELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 Helping Ensure Long-Term Protection for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer He...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB164 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This bill requires the Department of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-17
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB556 | Intro
Sine Die | BLUE Act of 2017 Blue Line Use Exception Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to grant an exception to Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices provisions relating to road line marking standards to allow for the us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-14
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB178 | Intro
Sine Die | Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit, as of October 1, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from approving a petition for classification of an alien as a special imm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB258 | Intro
Sine Die | To prohibit the use of United States Government funds to provide assistance to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to countries supporting those organizations, and for other purposes. This bill proh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H477) |
| HB188 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend to 2027 the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in United States insular possessions. This bill amends the Harmonized Tariff ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Trade |
| HB174 | Intro
Sine Die | Sarah's Law This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of an alien: (1) who was not inspected and admitted into the United States, who held a revoked nonimmigrant visa (or other nonimmigrant admission document), or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB167 | Intro
Sine Die | Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Education to provide assistance to the immediate families of teachers or other elementary and secondary school employees who are killed by another person's violent act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB253 | Intro
Sine Die | Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017 This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) regarding, among other matters: (1) mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Human Resources |
| HB561 | Intro
Sine Die | Small Business Job Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to redefine "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate requiring employers to provide he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB465 | Intro
Sine Die | Water Quality Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an integrated planning and permitting process f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| HB529 | Intro
Sine Die | 529 and ABLE Account Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) and ABLE accounts. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB542 | Intro
Sine Die | Better Accounting for Medicaid Costs Act of 2017 This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to follow rulemaking procedures with respect to certain Medicaid ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB523 | Intro
Sine Die | Debt Transparency and Accountability Act This bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide a report to Congress prior to any date on which Treasury anticipates the public debt will reach the statutory limit. The Secretary must appear before...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB271 | Intro
Sine Die | Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and otherwise amends the Assets for Independence Act, which provides for demonstration projects to fund individual development accounts (I...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Human Resources |
| HB580 | Intro
Sine Die | Muhammad Ali Legacy Act This bill directs the Department of State to award grants to one or more eligible organizations that: (1) are established to promote global respect, understanding, and communication and to encourage character and leadership de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB541 | Intro
Sine Die | Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to: (1) issue guidance to states that identif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB571 | Intro
Sine Die | To permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools designated by the members. This bill amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to allow computers and related ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Administration Committee |
| HR51 | 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) Education and the Workforce; (3) Foreign Affairs; (4) Homeland Security; (5) the Judicia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB461 | Intro
Sine Die | For the relief of Ibrahim Parlak. Provides for the relief of Ibrahim Parlak.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB158 | Intro
Sine Die | Corey Jones Act This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require an applicant under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to certify that no law enforcement agency that receives COPS grant funds all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB515 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program to provide grants and loans to assist low-income owners of manufactured homes constructed before December 31, 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB468 | Intro
Sine Die | Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make foreign facilities that are located offshore and outside the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) liable for removal costs and damages that result from oil spills th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
| HB570 | Intro
Sine Die | Solar Villages Initiative Act This bill authorizes the President, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, to provide assistance for renewable energy projects in developing countries to increase the availability of credit, savings, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB527 | Intro
Sine Die | Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2017 This bill addresses the October 2, 2015, finding of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that the greater sage grouse is not an endangered or threatened species. Until September 30, 2027, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB536 | Intro
Sine Die | Protection From Obamacare Mandates and Congressional Equity Act This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a house of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2018 by April 15, 2017, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Administration Committee |
| HJR26 | Intro
Sine Die | No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever This joint resolution declares that: the President, as holder of a federal office, is subject to the strict scrutiny of the Emoluments Clause o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E68) |
| HB565 | Intro
Sine Die | Save Christians from Genocide Act This bill recognizes that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, and Libya are targets of genocide. The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for expedited visa processing and shall ensure tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB531 | Intro
Sine Die | S-Corp Access to Crowdfunding Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of S corporations, to exclude from the 100 shareholder limitation for such corporations individuals who acquired shares in an S corporation thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB478 | Intro
Sine Die | IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2017 This bill directs the President to: (1) designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, (2) impose sanctions against the IRGC, and (3) report to Congress on the results of such san...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H534) |
| HB525 | Intro
Sine Die | Cuba Agricultural Exports Act This bill amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to exempt from prohibitions against U.S. assistance to Cuba: (1) any exports under the market access program, the export credit guarantee pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HR48 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 3) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB176 | Intro
Sine Die | New IDEA Act New Illegal Deduction Elimination Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for wages and benefits paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien. The bill also extends to six years the period for assessing an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB540 | Intro
Sine Die | Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2017 7 This bill requires any individual holding the office of President to submit federal tax returns to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The individual must submit: (1) each return filed with the Internal Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-13
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| 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 |
