| SB29 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair RETIRE Act Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 This bill expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the retention and reappointment of law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB264 | Intro
Sine Die | United Nations Review and Accounting Act This bill prohibits funds from being obligated, expended, or transferred for assessed or voluntary U.N. contributions (or to any fund, program, or entity affiliated with the U.N.) until 180 days after the date...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB100 | Intro
Sine Die | Support Local Transportation Act This bill revises requirements for the surface transportation block grant program to increase the percentages of program funds required to be allocated to states for each of FY2018-FY2020 for surface transportation pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB283 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Debt Repayment Fairness Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free distributions from qualified tuition programs (i.e., 529 plans) to pay student loan indebtedness.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB273 | Intro
Sine Die | Family Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of an individual's qualified infertility treatment expenses, subject to specified limits based on dollar amounts and the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Qua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HJR16 | Intro
Sine Die | Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the "Stream Protection Rule". This joint resolution nullifies the Stream Protection Rule finalized by the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| SB24 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Veterans Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB280 | Intro
Sine Die | HIRED Act Helping Individuals with Reemployment and Entrepreneurial Development Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include assistance to dislocated workers through increased outreach about small business opportunitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB129 | Intro
Sine Die | NADA Act of 2017 No Armed Drones Act of 2017 This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to prohibit the Department of Transportation (DOT) from authorizing any person to operate an unmanned aircraft system (drone) in the national a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Aviation |
| SB26 | Intro
Sine Die | Presidential Tax Transparency Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the President and certain candidates for President to disclose federal income tax returns for the three most recent taxable years in reports filed with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB22 | Intro
Sine Die | Nevada Land Sovereignty Act This bill prohibits any extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SCR4 | Intro
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SJR3 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB275 | Intro
Sine Die | Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2017 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate against considering appropriations legislation that includes changes in mandatory...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Rules Committee |
| HB234 | Intro
Sine Die | Maritime Lien Reform Act This bill revises federal shipping laws governing maritime liability to prohibit: (1) maritime liens (liens on vessels) from being imposed on state or federal fishing permits, or (2) civil actions to enforce maritime liens on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
| SB31 | Intro
Sine Die | West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB127 | Intro
Sine Die | Transportation for Heroes Act of 2017 This bill revises urbanized area formula grant recipient requirements to require a recipient to certify that it will ensure that a fare of no more than 50% of the peak hour fare will be charged to a U.S. veteran ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| SB30 | 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] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB291 | Intro
Sine Die | TRUST Act Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act or the TRUST Act This bill denies retirement benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Administration Committee |
| HB287 | Intro
Sine Die | Student Job Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude students who are employed by an institution of higher education (IHE) and carrying what the school considers a full-time academic workload at the IHE from being ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HCR5 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB247 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to: increase the maximum contribution amounts, permit the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB25 | Intro
Sine Die | Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rates and maximum allowable amount of the tax credit for employer-provided child care facilities; (2) increase the eligibility threshold ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB270 | Intro
Sine Die | Environmental Justice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the employment taxes of a tax-exempt organization equal to 40% of amounts paid or incurred by such organization to support environmental justice co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB254 | Intro
Sine Die | REAL Act of 2017 Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2017 This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the provision that prohibits Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in a federal or st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB89 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county additions to the Appalachian region. This bill adds the Tennessee counties of Hickman, Perry, and Wayne to the definition of "Appalachian region" for purposes of Appalachian regio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| SB27 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election, and for other purpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| HB120 | Intro
Sine Die | Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act This bill directs the President to reduce foreign assistance allocations for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador by an amount equal to the number of unaccompanied alien children who are nati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB98 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Social Security Act (SSAct), and other federal laws (including provisions concerning workers' compensation, retirement benefits, disability and dea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB149 | Intro
Sine Die | Housing Fairness Act of 2017 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct a nationwide testing program to:...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB15 | Intro
Sine Die | Iran Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act This bill amends the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 to cover ballistic missile or related technology. The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended to: (1) extend the Act through December 31, 2031, and (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB87 | Intro
Sine Die | To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. This bill makes 5% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spendin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB109 | Intro
Sine Die | Mortgage Insurance Tax Deduction Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB160 | Intro
Sine Die | To end the use of corporal punishment in schools, and for other purposes. This bill amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the Department of Education (ED) from providing funding to any state or local educational agency (LEA) that al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB156 | Intro
Sine Die | Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to address initial contract negotiation. Specifically, the bill requires mediation if an employer and a newly certified union have not reached a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB122 | Intro
Sine Die | Original Living Wage Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB198 | Intro
Sine Die | Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HR1 | Intro
Sine Die | Electing officers of the House of Representatives. Elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Karen L. Haas as Clerk, (2) Paul D. Irving as Sergeant at Arms, (3) Philip George Kiko as Chief Administrative Officer, and (4) Fath...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SR5 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in support of Israel. Urges: (1) the President and the international community to join in supporting bilateral talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, and (2) the President to adopt a policy of opp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB31 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Sunset Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each federal executive age...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB189 | Intro
Sine Die | Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Under curre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB20 | Intro
Sine Die | CEO-Employee Paycheck Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a publicly held corporation a tax deduction for the payment of performance-based remuneration in excess of $1 million to any of its current or former office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HR3 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress. Provides for appointment of a House of Representatives committee joined with a Senate committee to notify the President that a quorum of each Hous...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Pursuant to H. Res. 3, the Chair appointed the following Members to the committee on the part of the House to join a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each house has assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make: Mr. McCarthy of California, and Ms. Pelosi of California. |
| SR1 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution informing the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled. Informs the President that a quorum of each house of Congress has assembled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6) |
| HB186 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Virgin Islands College Access Act of 2017 This bill directs the U.S. Virgin Islands to award grants to public four-year institutions of higher education (IHEs) located in a state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam to cover ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HR4 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk. Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that Paul D. Ryan has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB86 | Intro
Sine Die | To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. This bill makes 2% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spendin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB171 | Intro
Sine Die | To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. This bill redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, and (2) the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SB14 | Intro
Sine Die | No Budget, No Pay Act This bill prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB126 | Intro
Sine Die | Students Voicing Opinions in Today's Elections (VOTE) Act This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program providing funds, during FY2017, to local educational agencies (LEAs) for initiatives that provide 12th graders...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Administration Committee |
