| SB53 | Intro
Sine Die | Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2017 This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2021 the Tsunami Warning and Education Act. The tsunami warning systems for the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and for the Atlantic Ocean are consolidated in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB36 | Intro
Sine Die | Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise requirements for the detention and removal of aliens ordered removed. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) constitutional rights should...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB42 | Intro
Sine Die | Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to encourage women and girls to study science, technology, engineering, and mathe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB268 | Intro
Sine Die | Neighborhood Noise Barriers Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to allow the use of funds out of the Highway Trust Fund to construct a Type II noise barrier along a federal-aid highway if such barrier: is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HR28 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers. Expresses the sense of the House o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| HR22 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 26) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, and prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HB327 | Intro
Sine Die | To provide for United States participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and for other purposes. This bill authorizes the Department of State to facilitate the U.S. readmission and participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union and to pay related...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB44 | Intro
Sine Die | End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit an employer from discriminating against an employee who inquires about, discusses, or discloses the wages of the employee or another empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB76 | Intro
Sine Die | Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant quest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| SB50 | Intro
Sine Die | Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the motor fuel excise tax fuel used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HR24 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should not bail out State and local government employee pension plans or other plans that provide post-employment benefits to State and local government retirees. Expres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Education And The Workforce Committee |
| SB57 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes (Sec. 1) This bill provides that if the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) makes an advers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB342 | Intro
Sine Die | No Raise for Congress Act This bill amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Administration Committee |
| HB330 | Intro
Sine Die | No More Ghost Money Act This bill prohibits any federal agency or federal government contractor from making a monetary payment to any official of a foreign country for the purposes of bribery, coercion, or any illegal activity that undermines the rul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Intelligence Committee |
| HB329 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for expenses for household and elder care services necessary for gainful employment. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new tax credit for a taxpayer's employment-r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB21 | Engross
Sine Die | Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Congressional Review Act to allow Congress to consider a joint resolution to disapprove multiple regulations that federal agencies have submitted for congressional review within the last...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB74 | Intro
Sine Die | REVIEW Act of 2017 Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2017 Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2017 or the REVIEW Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a final agency rule from being published or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law |
| HCR7 | Intro
Sine Die | Directing the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue commemorating the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 for placement in the United States Capitol, authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony for the presentation of the st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Administration Committee |
| SB37 | Intro
Sine Die | Sarah's Law This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of an alien: (1) who was not inspected and admitted into the United States, who held a revoked nonimmigrant visa (or other nonimmigrant admission document), or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB51 | Intro
Sine Die | Taking Action Against Drunk Drivers Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the mandatory detention of an alien who: (1) was not lawfully admitted into the United States, held a revoked nonimmigrant visa, or violated his o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB328 | Intro
Sine Die | INVEST Act Incentives for our Nation's Veterans in Energy Sustainability Technologies This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of a specified veteran who works in a field of renewable energy. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB73 | Engross
Sine Die | Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires each presidential library fundraising organization to submit quarterly reports to the National Archives and Records Administration (National Archives) on every contributor w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB298 | Intro
Sine Die | Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2017 This bill requires either the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to be considered an agency subject to the public informat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HJR3 | Engross
Sine Die | Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield. This joint resolution approves the location within Washington, D....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SR8 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution to constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen. Designates the minority party membership on specified Senate committees for the 115th Congr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S106-107; text as passed Senate: CR S117-118) |
| HB318 | Intro
Sine Die | Nothing Off Balance Sheet Act of 2017 This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission, in establishing accounting principles or standards under the securities laws, to require any person subject to those principles or standards to show all t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB251 | Intro
Sine Die | Startup in a Day Act of 2017 This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish the Startup in a Day Program to award competitive grants to state or local governments to assist entrepreneurs planning to start a small business concern i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Small Business Committee |
| HB286 | Intro
Sine Die | First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a qualified emergency medical device from the excise tax on medical devices. The bill defines "qualified emergency medical device" as a medical device ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB259 | Intro
Sine Die | To prevent the territories of the United States from losing current Medicaid funding. This bill amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to annually allocate, to each U.S....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB265 | Intro
Sine Die | Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2017 This bill states that it is U.S. policy: (1) to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel, and (2) that the U.S. Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem not later than January 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB263 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Sovereignty and Commercial Freedom Act This bill declares that U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 shall have no force or effect under U.S. law, and the United States shall not be bound by any provision of such resolution. Resolution ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB233 | Intro
Sine Die | Safe Freight Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the operation of a freight train or light locomotive engine used in the movement of freight unless it has a crew of at least two individuals, one of whom is certified by the Federal Railroad Administration...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials |
| SB28 | 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 Senate Finance Committee |
| HB252 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensive Homes for Heroes Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB285 | Intro
Sine Die | Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that: (1) individuals purchase and maintain minimum essential health care cover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB292 | Intro
Sine Die | HOT-R Act Honoring Our Trust Relationships Act of 2017 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt specified American Indian and Alaska Native programs from sequestration, including programs administered b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Budget Committee |
| HB249 | Intro
Sine Die | Defunding United Nations Act of 2017 This bill prohibits funds made available to any federal agency for FY2017 and subsequent fiscal years from being used to make U.S. voluntary contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations or any U.N. ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB168 | Intro
Sine Die | Donate for Disaster Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate an amount (not less than $1) of any overpayment of income tax to a Disaster Relief Fund, established by this bill, for the pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management |
| HB28 | Engross
Sine Die | Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) adopt the unique device identification system developed for medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| 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 |
| HB27 | Engross
Sine Die | Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to retain a copy of any reprimand or admonishment received by a VA employee in the employee's permanent record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Veterans' Affairs 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 |
