| 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 |
| SR14 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution commending the Clemson University Tigers football team for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship. Commends the Clemson University Tigers for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S320) |
| 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 |
| SB107 | Intro
Sine Die | Safeguard Israel Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the U.S. government from making any voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) or any U.N. organization until the President certifies to Congress that Security Council Resolution ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR13 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution recognizing the historical importance of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is a historically significant African-American who has made an im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| 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 |
| SB136 | Intro
Sine Die | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act This bill modifies the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include approximately eight acres identified as Wallis House and Harriston Hill. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB145 | Intro
Sine Die | National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act This bill addresses the mine permitting process. Under the bill, projects that provide minerals vital to job creation, energy infrastructure, American economic competitiveness, and national secu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB143 | 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 Senate Finance Committee |
| SB126 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeal ID Act of 2017 This bill repeals provisions of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that prohibit federal agencies from accepting state-issued driver's licenses or identification cards that do meet minimum specified security requirements. The bill directs ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB127 | Intro
Sine Die | SAFE Act Securing Active and Fair Enforcement Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): (1) shall grant a three-year provisional protected presence to a qualifying alien, (2) m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Judiciary 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 |
| SB125 | 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] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| 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 |
| SB130 | Intro
Sine Die | DAIRY PRIDE Act Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, Milk, and Cheese To Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of any food that uses the market ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB142 | Intro
Sine Die | Community Economic Assistance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the establishment of community economic assistance zones that are eligible for certain tax deductions and credits. A zone must be nominated by the gov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB135 | Intro
Sine Die | Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act This bill redesignates the Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. The boundary of the park is adjusted to include approximately 2,100 acres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| 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 |
| SB120 | Intro
Sine Die | Bring Our Heroes Home Act This bill: (1) requires the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to establish the Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Collection; and (2) establishes the Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Review Board,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB109 | Intro
Sine Die | Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage and payment with respect to certain pharmacist services that: (1) are furnished by a pharmaci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB116 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SR12 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that clean water is a national priority, and that the June 29, 2015, Waters of the United States Rule should be withdrawn or vacated. Calls for the nullification of the final rule entitled, "Clean Water...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Environment And Public Works 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 |
| SB121 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to establish the Boots to Business Program under which the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall provide entrepreneurship training to: members of the Armed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship 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 |
| SR6 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 and to all efforts that undermine direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians for a secure and peaceful settlement. Objects to U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3. |
| SB122 | Intro
Sine Die | Mortgage Debt Tax Relief Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB119 | Intro
Sine Die | Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB132 | Intro
Sine Die | National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017 This bill requires the President, before a national monument can be designated on public land, to obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
