| SB520 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2017 This bill revises federal funding to states under the Medicaid program, including by capping annual funding on a per capita basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1055 | Intro
Sine Die | Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2017 This bill establishes a commission to examine and report on: the disparate incarceration and the institution of forced priso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| SB527 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of a hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Healt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB1171 | Intro
Sine Die | ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Social Security |
| SB497 | Intro
Sine Die | Lymphedema Treatment Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lymphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB515 | 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] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB499 | Intro
Sine Die | SHIPP Act of 2017 Soil Health and Income Protection Program Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish a voluntary soil health and income protection program. Landowners and operators may enroll eligible land in the progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| HR166 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States postal facility network is an asset of significant value and the United States Postal Service should take appropriate measures to maintain, modernize and fully utilize the ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1043 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the recovery of damages in a civil action related to the disclosure of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records, and for other purposes. This bill amends the federal criminal code l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| SB489 | Intro
Sine Die | Pension Accountability Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for voting on the suspension of pension benefits under multiemployer plans in endangered or critical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HR164 | Intro
Sine Die | Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month. Recognizes and honors the women and organizations in the United States that have fought for and continue ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB859 | Intro
Sine Die | Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and other laws to: expand restrictions on federal government employees' acceptance of compensation from nongovernment sources, generally require certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB1321 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums for FHA-insured mortgages if the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund exceeds the statutory limit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB1341 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit political committees from accepting any Internet credit card contribution unless: the individual or entity making the contributi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Administration Committee |
| SB511 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean Start Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to seal records related to a nonviolent criminal offense committed by an individual whose substance use disorder is a substantial contributing factor in the commission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1360 | Intro
Sine Die | Seller Finance Enhancement Act This bill amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to exempt from certain licensing and registration requirements a person (other than a depository institution) that: (1) originates not more than 24 residentia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB522 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level. This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the ban on in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB510 | 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] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1305 | Intro
Sine Die | American Community Survey Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce to include in instructions for completing any survey relating to the Census a statement that answering any questions other than questions that elicit the name of the responde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB516 | Intro
Sine Die | State Cyber Resiliency Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to administer a State Cyber Resiliency Grant Program to assist state, local, and tribal governments in preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1137 | Intro
Sine Die | Collectible Firearms Protection Act This bill amends the Arms Export Control Act to allow the importation of certain firearms listed as curios or relics into the United States by a licensed importer without the requirement of an authorization from or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Trade |
| HB1266 | Intro
Sine Die | Vision Zero Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award grants to a city, town, township, borough, county, parish, district, village, or other political subdivision of a state to develop a Vision Zero plan to eliminate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| SB495 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical Innovation Prize Fund Act This bill denies any person the exclusive right to manufacture, distribute, sell, or use a drug, a biological product, or a medication manufacturing process. The bill establishes the Fund for Medical Innovation Prize...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SCR7 | Intro
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States. Expresses the sense of Congr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1317 | 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 House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1156 | Intro
Sine Die | Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal specified limitations, for purposes of Medicare participat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1337 | Intro
Sine Die | Legacy IRA Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes. The bill increases from $100,000 to $400,000 the annual limit on the aggregate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB503 | Intro
Sine Die | Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SJR27 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness". This joint resolution nullifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB521 | Intro
Sine Die | Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to direct the Department of the Interior to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a cost of $80 to any vet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SCR8 | Intro
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President Donald J. Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB493 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability First Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to remove, demote by a reduction in grade and pay, or suspend a VA employee, including a member in a senior executive positio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB1332 | Intro
Sine Die | Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to revise several provisions related to the child and adult care food program. Under current law: (1) an institution that provides child or da...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1023 | Intro
Sine Die | Duty to Report Sexual Assault Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to six months, or both—on an owner or employee of a massage establishment who fails to report known or s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB843 | Intro
Sine Die | See Something, Say Something About Violent Behavior Act of 2017 This bill grants immunity from civil liability to an employer who reports, to a potential future employer, the violent or threatening behavior of an employee or former employee. The repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice |
| HB1004 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs each executive agency to make publicly available on the agency website or in the rulemaking docket on Regulations.gov a list of pending agency regulatory actions and for each such action: th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1265 | Intro
Sine Die | Investing in America: Rebuilding America's Airport Infrastructure Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2021 and revises the Airport Improvement Program. Specifically, the bill: (1) eliminates the federal cap on passenger facility charges (local user ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Aviation |
| HB1025 | Intro
Sine Die | Eyes on the Courts Act of 2017 This bill requires the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court, including the Supreme Court, to permit the photographing, electronic recording, audio-visual coverage, broadcasting, televising, or streaming on the Inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet |
| HJR84 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Transportation relating to "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform". This joint resol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB1291 | Intro
Sine Die | Washington, D.C. Admission Act This bill provides for admission into the United States of the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. The Commonwealth shall be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states. The Mayor of the Dist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1524-1526) |
| HB1009 | Engross
Sine Die | OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act (Sec. 2) This bill codifies and revises the centralized regulatory review process, currently required under executive order, to require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB784 | Intro
Sine Die | New Jersey Betting and Equal Treatment 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 |
| HB1161 | Intro
Sine Die | Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Amendment Act This bill amends the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to add Livingston County, the city of Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson County in Illinois to the Abr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Federal Lands |
| HB1010 | Intro
Sine Die | Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB1014 | Intro
Sine Die | Haiti Emergency Relief Act of 2017 This bill extends 18-month temporary protected status to a national of Haiti who: (1) has been continuously physically present in the United States since November 4, 2016, (2) is admissible as an immigrant and not i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HR120 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the courts' actions against President Trump's Executive order. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Judge James L. Robart of the Western District of Washingt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB1021 | Intro
Sine Die | Expatriate Terrorist Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the grounds for loss of U.S. nationality by a native-born or naturalized citizen: taking an oath or making a declaration of allegiance to a foreign terrori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security |
| HB799 | Intro
Sine Die | Shift Back to Society Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HB1061 | Intro
Sine Die | Cell Location Privacy Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly use a cell-site simulator. A violator is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. The bill creates exceptions to allow a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations |
| HR159 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that infrastructure spending bills should include development programs that recruit and train individuals from communities with high unemployment rates. Expresses the sense of the House of Represen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
