| HB1122 | Intro
Sine Die | SPARC Act Secondary Payer Advancement, Rationalization, and Clarification Act This bill specifies recovery rules and timelines with respect to secondary claims responsibility under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law specifies only th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB1114 | Intro
Sine Die | Social Security Expansion Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2023; (2) revise computation o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Subcommittee on Social Security |
| HCR32 | Intro
Sine Die | Congratulating the State of Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of the admission of that State into the United States. Congratulates Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of its admission into the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SR77 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Reaffirms the U.S. commitment to ending multiple sclerosis by promoting awareness abou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1543; text as passed Senate: CR S1542-1543) |
| HB1292 | Intro
Sine Die | CAPTIVE Act Clarifying Amendment to Provide Terrorism Victims Equity Act This bill amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to allow a person's court-awarded judgment against a terrorist party that is based on an act of terrorism to be satisfi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB486 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Beneficiary Access to Complex Rehab Technology Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB482 | Intro
Sine Die | PHIT Act of 2017 Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a medical care tax deduction for up to $1,000 ($2,000 for a joint return or a head of household) of qualified sports and fitness expense...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1268 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any state loan repayment or forgiveness progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SR74 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution congratulating the State of Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of the admission of that State into the United States. Congratulates Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of its admission into the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1521-1523; text as passed Senate: CR S1541-1542) |
| HR160 | Intro
Sine Die | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Rules Committee |
| SB479 | Intro
Sine Die | Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 This bill waives Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB481 | Intro
Sine Die | Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Act of 2017 This bill withdraws the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area in Colorado from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB1273 | Intro
Sine Die | 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB1286 | Intro
Sine Die | Pell Grant Funding Act This bill directs the Department of Education to use any excess revenue generated by the Federal Direct Loan program during a fiscal year to carry out the Federal Pell Grant program in the next fiscal year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR162 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing support for designation of March 21, 2017, as "National Rosie the Riveter Day". Supports the designation of National Rosie the Riveter Day. Acknowledges the important role played by women in World War II.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1267 | Intro
Sine Die | PHIT Act Personal Health Investment Today Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a medical care tax deduction for up to $1,000 ($2,000 for a joint return or a head of household) of qualified sports and fitness expenses per year. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1130 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| SB485 | Intro
Sine Die | Stewardship End Result Contracting Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to obligate funds to cover any potential cancellation or t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB487 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any state loan repayment or forgiveness progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1295 | Intro
Sine Die | Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act This bill amends the Peace Corps Act to allow the official seal or emblem and the name "Peace Corps" to be used on any death announcement, plaque, grave stone, or other grave marker of a former volunteer, office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB480 | Intro
Sine Die | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 by requiring the U.S. Postal Service to make the stamp available to the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1296 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide appropriate rules for the application of the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to certain contract manufacturing or production arrangements. This bil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR163 | Intro
Sine Die | Supporting the designation of March 2017, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| SB478 | Intro
Sine Die | Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to revise standards for determining what constitutes baiting for purposes of the prohibition on taking migratory game birds. A baited area, in the case of waterfo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB1288 | Intro
Sine Die | Early STEM Achievement Act This bill requires the Department of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities for the purpose of assisting early childhood education programs in carrying out science, technology, engineering, and mathemati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1283 | Intro
Sine Die | Transparency in Student Lending Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand disclosure requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in the Direct Loan program. Specif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR156 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1004) to amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to require the publication of information relating to pending agency regulatory actions, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB1280 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Savings Account Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) increase the maximum contribution limits for HSAs to match the sum of the annual deductible and out-of-pocket expenses perm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1289 | Intro
Sine Die | Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and HHS on p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1287 | Intro
Sine Die | Executive Order Transparency Act This bill requires the President to publish an executive order on the White House website at least 72 hours before signing such order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1261 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act This bill nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule signed on May 27, 2015, which describes the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| SB470 | Intro
Sine Die | Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $120,000, the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB255 | Pass | Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to authorize the National Science Foundation to encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Became Public Law No: 115-6. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB464 | Intro
Sine Die | Independence at Home Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a permanent Independence at Home Medical Practice Program, under which a primary care practice shall be accountable for: (1) providing co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB463 | Intro
Sine Die | Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish the Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall make specia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1244 | Intro
Sine Die | Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act This bill amends the Federal Credit Union Act to allow a federal credit union, other than a low-income credit union, to receive payments on uninsured non-share accounts that: do not alter the cooperati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB1241 | Intro
Sine Die | American Food for American Schools Act of 2017 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require school food authorities (SFAs) to request a waiver from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase foreign commodities o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| SR35 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the release of political prisoners, and calling for respect of constitutional and democratic processes, including free...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. |
| HB1262 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SR72 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution celebrating the history of the Detroit River with the 16-year commemoration of the International Underground Railroad Memorial Monument, comprised of the Gateway to Freedom Monument in Detroit, Michigan, and the Tower of Freedom Monument...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB1260 | Intro
Sine Die | GRAND Act Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act This bill establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide assistance for each fiscal year to up to five eligible nonprofit organizations to expand...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HR152 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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 titled "Clean Wat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| HB1091 | Intro
Sine Die | Flexibility to Promote Reemployment Act This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to enter into agreements with 10 states per year (currently, 10 states total) for the purpose of allowing such states to conduct reemployment demonstration projects....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Subcommittee on Human Resources |
| SR62 | Intro
Sine Die | An original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017, October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, and October 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019. (Sec. 1) Authorizes expen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1506) |
| HB1233 | Intro
Sine Die | Emergency Flood Response Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish and carry out a pilot program to assist flood response efforts at state and federal regional levels in response to a levee failure or potential...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HR150 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 998) to provide for the establishment of a process for the review of rules and sets of rules, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 83) disapproving th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB1033 | Engross
Sine Die | Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Administrative Conference of the United States to create and maintain online searchable databases with inf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Received in the Senate. |
| HJR40 | Pass | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. rule finalized by the Socia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Became Public Law No: 115-8. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB1121 | Intro
Sine Die | Pre-existing Conditions Protection Act of 2017 This bill sets forth amendments that would take effect in the case of the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB321 | Pass | Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to encourage women and girls to study science, technology, engineering, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Became Public Law No: 115-7. (TXT | PDF) |
