| HB1144 | Intro
Sine Die | Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an excise tax on the transfer of ownership in certain securities (covered transaction), including any share of stock in a corporation, any partnership or benef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1142 | Intro
Sine Die | Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Roddie Edmonds ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HCR21 | Intro
Sine Die | Reaffirming a strong commitment to the United States-Australia alliance relationship. Reaffirms: (1) the strong alliance between Australia and the United States, and (2) the importance of a U.S.-Australia relationship based on mutual respect and befi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific |
| SB435 | Intro
Sine Die | Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Interagency Council on Multigenerational Poverty to carry out specified objectives and the 2-generation approach, including by providing guidance, and addressing questions pert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB1115 | Intro
Sine Die | Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified small issue bonds for manufacturing purposes, to expand the definition of "manufacturing facility" to include a facility that: (1) is u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB408 | Intro
Sine Die | Presidential Trade Transparency Act of 2017 This bill requires the President to submit to Congress a report containing a full and complete statement of the President's income earned, assets held, and liabilities owed in the preceding 12 months that a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HR140 | Intro
Sine Die | Condemning the appointment of Steve Bannon to the National Security Council and urging his immediate removal. Condemns the permanent position of Steve Bannon on the National Security Council (NSC). Urges: (1) President Trump to remove Bannon from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB1120 | Intro
Sine Die | Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require a state to identify, evaluate, and provide special education and related services to children who have visual or hearing disabilitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| SJR23 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants. This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of Labor on August 1, 2016, relating ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB867 | Intro
Sine Die | Notch Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or aft...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Subcommittee on Social Security |
| HR141 | Intro
Sine Die | Supporting the goals and ideals of International Mother Language Day in bringing attention to the importance of preserving linguistic and cultural heritage through education. Supports the goals and ideals of International Mother Language Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HJR82 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Measurement of Oil". This j...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB868 | Intro
Sine Die | National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act This bill establishes a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture within the Smithsonian Institution to provide for the collection, study, and establishment of prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Subcommittee on Federal Lands |
| HB1169 | Intro
Sine Die | Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act This bill amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise a grant program administered by the Administration for Native Americans at the Department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB1087 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Property Low Hanging Fruit Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and the General Services Administration (covered agencies) to develop and carry out a plan to enter into agreements with eligible ent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB1191 | Intro
Sine Die | Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit assistance from being provided to, or licenses for direct commercial sales of military equipment issued to, the government of a country whose p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB428 | Intro
Sine Die | ACE Kids Act of 2017 Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2017 This bill allows a state Medicaid program or child health plan to provide coordinated care through enhanced pediatric health homes (EPHHs) for children who have complex medical cond...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB433 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister. Provides for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HR17 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing concern over the disappearance of Austin Tice, and for other purposes. Expresses concern about the disappearance of Austin Tice in Damascus, Syria, in August 2012. Encourages the Department of State and the intelligence community to jointl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa |
| SB405 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual the discharge of student loans or private education loans due to the death or disability of the student. The bill also a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HR78 | Intro
Sine Die | Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats |
| HB827 | Intro
Sine Die | Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to the state of California approximately 934 acres of specified public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in San ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Subcommittee on Federal Lands |
| HB1190 | Intro
Sine Die | Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for: (1) 50% of wages (up to $2,000) paid to an apprenticeship employee during an apprenticeship period, and (2) 40% of wag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1086 | Intro
Sine Die | Preserving Public Access to Federal Buildings Act of 2017 This bill requires an executive agency to provide notice and an opportunity for public comment before relocating any agency office that has regular contact with the public. Such requirement sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1090 | Intro
Sine Die | Technologies for Energy Security Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credits for residential energy efficient property and investments in energy property. The bill modifies the tax credit for residentia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB1080 | Intro
Sine Die | HBCU Investment Expansion Act This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt qualified 501(c)(3) bonds issued after the enactment of this bill on behalf of a historically black college or university from state and local taxes. The bill also am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB388 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Maha Dakar. Provides for the relief of Maha Dakar.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1081 | Intro
Sine Die | To eliminate the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the definition of the term "official purpose" as it applies to drivers' licenses and personal identification cards, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Emergency Sup...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HB1060 | Intro
Sine Die | Young Farmer Success Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a full-time job as an employee or manager of a qualified farm or ranch within the definition of "public service job" for purposes o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| HB663 | Intro
Sine Die | Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017 This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to: i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188) |
| HB1070 | Intro
Sine Die | Employee Bonus Protection Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from an employee's regular rate, for purposes of calculating overtime compensation, payments made to reward an employee or group of employees for meeting o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| SB390 | Intro
Sine Die | Buffalo Tract Protection Act This bill withdraws specified Bureau of the Land Management (BLM) lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from all forms of mineral development under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing or mineral materials, including locatable...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB394 | Intro
Sine Die | Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SB399 | Intro
Sine Die | Chief Manufacturing Officer Act This bill: (1) expresses the sense of Congress that a well-designed national manufacturing strategy would benefit the U.S. economy, and (2) directs the President to appoint a United States Chief Manufacturing Officer, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB389 | Intro
Sine Die | KOMBUCHA Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the production of kombucha for consumption or sale from excise taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages. Kombuc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1045 | Intro
Sine Die | Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Army Corps of Engineers from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| SB384 | Intro
Sine Die | New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the new markets tax credit, (2) provide for an inflation adjustment to the limitation amount for such credit after 2016, and (3) allow an o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB404 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the process for inspections of device establishments for granting export certifications. This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions regarding Food...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB380 | Intro
Sine Die | Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require an issuer that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to disclose to the SEC specified information related to the number o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB869 | Intro
Sine Die | Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act This bill establishes a Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Federal Lands |
| SB383 | Intro
Sine Die | Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Department of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to act as the lead federal agency fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB403 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HR123 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 43) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SB379 | 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] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB386 | Intro
Sine Die | Judgment Fund Transparency and Terrorism Financing Prevention Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to disclose details after payments are made from the Judgment Fund. (The Judgment Fund is a permanent and indefinite appropria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB387 | Intro
Sine Die | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to change the source of funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from Federal Reserve System transfers t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SR61 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution calling on the Department of Defense, other elements of the Federal Government, and foreign governments to intensify efforts to investigate, recover, and identify all missing and unaccounted-for personnel of the United States. Calls upon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB397 | 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] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB398 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to provide for modification of certain Federal water resources development projects on the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, and for other purposes. This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| HB830 | Intro
Sine Die | STAND for Ukraine Act Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act This bill states that it is U.S. policy to assist the government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty and territorial integrity in order to reverse and deter Russian aggression in Ukrai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-15
To House Subcommittee on Trade |
