| HR161 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Expresses hope that the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB996 | Intro
Sine Die | STEP for Veterans Act Service, Training, Education, and Preparation for Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to community colleges to: (1) analyze the demand for additional trained employees in their locality and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| HR157 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing support for the designation of the last day of February each year, as "Rare Disease Day". Expresses support for: (1) the designation of Rare Disease Day; and (2) a national and global commitment to developing new treatments, diagnostics, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB925 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility for monthly stipends paid under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for certain members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. This bill provides that the monthly stip...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| HB1104 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans TEST Accessibility Act Veterans To Enhance Studies Through Accessibility Act This bill permits veterans to get reimbursed under the Post-9/11 educational assistance program for an approved licensing, certification, or national test at a pro-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| HB1167 | Intro
Sine Die | Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1160 | Intro
Sine Die | ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish additional requirements for assigning Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the Med...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB810 | Intro
Sine Die | Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms. The bill expa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB972 | Intro
Sine Die | Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2017 This bill establishes a tax credit, a tax exclusion, and requirements that apply to the purchase or distribution of menstrual hygiene products. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the tax excl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB724 | Intro
Sine Die | SOLVE Act of 2017 Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017 This bill states that: (1) beginning on January 27, 2017, Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," is null and void, shall have...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB796 | Intro
Sine Die | Drain the Swamp Act of 2017 This bill increases the ban on certain former executive branch officials, Members of Congress, and legislative staff within five years of termination of employment to knowingly make, with the intent to influence, any commu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB1067 | Intro
Sine Die | Build up Illegal Line Defenses with Assets Lawfully Lifted Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal judicial code to require the Department of Justice to: (1) report annually on the total amount of funds deposited into the Department of Justice Asset...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB998 | Engross
Sine Die | SCRUB Act Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act TITLE I--RETROSPECTIVE REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION (Sec. 101) This bill establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to conduct a review of the Code ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB844 | Intro
Sine Die | Terrorist Deportation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to make an alien, other than a lawful permanent resident, who is identified in the terrorist screening database inadmissible or deportable on terrorist groun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB878 | Intro
Sine Die | Right to Try Act of 2017 This bill requires the federal government to allow unrestricted manufacturing, distribution, prescribing, and dispensing of experimental drugs, biological products, and medical devices that are: (1) intended to treat a patien...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HR169 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulating the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl LI. Congratulates the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl LI.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1327 | Intro
Sine Die | American Red Cross Transparency Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review: (1) the internal governance of the American National Red Cross (the corporation), and (2) any program or activity carried out by th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB976 | Intro
Sine Die | To grant a Federal charter to the National Academy of Inventors. This bill grants a federal charter to the National Academy of Inventors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB997 | Intro
Sine Die | English Language Unity Act of 2017 This bill establishes English as the official language of the United States. Naturalization ceremonies and official functions of the U.S. government, subject to exceptions, must be conducted in English. The bill dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| SB494 | Intro
Sine Die | American Red Cross Transparency Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review: (1) the internal governance of the American National Red Cross (the corporation), and (2) any program or activity carried out by th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR78 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate recognizing 3 years of Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Condemns continued Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Calls on: (1) the government of the Russian Federation to immediately cease al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB506 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 This bill requires each executive or military department or independent establishment to obtain all goods and services necessary for or beneficial to the accomplishment of its authorized functions by pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SR80 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution designating March 3, 2017, as "World Wildlife Day". Designates March 3, 2017, as World Wildlife Day. Supports: (1) raising awareness of the benefits that wildlife provides to people and the threats facing wildlife around the world; and (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1583, S1585; text as passed Senate: CR S1583) |
| SB525 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to require the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for particular communities. This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for the communities of Flanders, Northampton, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB498 | Intro
Sine Die | BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD), no later than: (1) October 1, 2020, to develop, test, and validate human-based training methods for training members...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| HB783 | Intro
Sine Die | Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2017 a governmental entity, sponsoring, operating, advertising, or promoting sports gambling.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| SB509 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Land Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act This bill directs each agency concerned (the Department of the Interior for federal land administered through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB748 | Intro
Sine Die | Safeguarding Sanctuary Cities Act of 2017 This bill prohibits reducing or withholding federal financial assistance that a state or local government would otherwise receive because such state or local government has in place any policy that limits or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB1356 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. This bill amends th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SJR29 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Office of Natural Resources Revenue of the Department of the Interior relating to consolidated Federal oil and gas and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HR168 | Intro
Sine Die | Encouraging people in the United States to recognize March 2, 2017, as Read Across America Day. Honors Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) for his success in encouraging children to discover the joy of reading. Honors the 20th anniversary of Read Across Ameri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| SB523 | Intro
Sine Die | Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to excise taxes on manufacturers, to impose a one cent per milligram fee on the sale of active opioids by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB837 | Intro
Sine Die | Build Bridges Not Walls Act This bill provides that the executive order titled "Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements" signed by the President on January 25, 2017, or any other substantially similar action by the President to use t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| SJR26 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to teacher preparation issues. This joint resolution nullifies the "Teacher Prepa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SJR31 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria This joint resolution: (1) authorizes the President to use all necessary and appropriate force against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB1053 | Intro
Sine Die | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a court, in any civil action in which the pleadings state facts relevant to the protection of public health or safety, from entering an order restricting the di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB1035 | Intro
Sine Die | Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise the statute of limitations for a victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sexual offense to file a civil action to recover damages. Under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB1173 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicare Mental Health Access Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of q...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1326 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Defense Overhead Cost Savings and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) submit to specified congressional committees the Defense Business Board study entitled "Transforming Department of Defense's C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB1047 | Intro
Sine Die | Fairness in Firearm Testing Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to make a video recording of its entire process of examining and testing an item to determine w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| SB524 | Intro
Sine Die | Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the reduced tax rate for corporations that have both net capital gains and timber gains.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR79 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution designating March 2, 2017, as "Read Across America Day". Designates March 2, 2017, as Read Across America Day. Honors Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) for his success in encouraging children to discover the joy of reading. Honors the 20th anni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1583, S1585; text as passed Senate: CR S1583) |
| SB505 | Intro
Sine Die | Waterway LNG Parity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an energy equivalent for a gallon of diesel, in the case of liquefied natural gas (LNG), for the purposes of the 29 cents per gallon Inland Waterways Trust Fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1113 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) separate the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Social Security |
| HB1345 | Intro
Sine Die | Protect Children from Theft Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency, upon request by the legal guardian or custodian of a minor consumer, to either create a blocked credit report for the minor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB519 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Safe Water Drinking Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish maximum contaminant levels for certain contaminants, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB832 | Intro
Sine Die | Arbitration Transparency Act of 2017 This bill specifies that an arbitration proceeding between a consumer and a financial institution, in a dispute involving a consumer financial product or service, must be open to the public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| SB492 | Intro
Sine Die | Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make the maximum allowable contribution ($18,000 in 2017) to their Thrift Savings ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SJR28 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to accidental release prevention requirements of ris...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB1299 | Intro
Sine Die | Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act This bill prohibits funds from being made available to Honduras for the police or military (including for equipment and training), and directs the Department of the Treasury to instruct U.S. representatives ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
