Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures
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A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. [SJR-12]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Aerospace ]
[National Security ]
A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on August 25, 2016, relating to revising the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement Executive Order 13673 concerning contractor compliance with labor
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/30/2017
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Robo COP Act Robo Calls Off Phones Act [HB-740]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Elections ]
Robo COP Act Robo Calls Off Phones Act This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. A "politically-oriented recorded message telephone call" is an outbound telephone call that plays a recorded message that: (1) promotes, advertises, campaigns, or solicits donations for or against a political candidate or regarding a political issue; or (2) uses a political
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/03/2017
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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 with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. [HJR-43]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
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 with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Health and Human Services rule regarding subrecipients of family planning grants. (Under the rule, grant recipients may prohibit an entity from receiving a subaward only for reasons related to the entity's ability to provide family planning services.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 115-23. (txt | Pdf) on 04/13/2017
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule. [HJR-38]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
Disapproving the 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 Enforcement on December 20, 2016. The rule addresses the impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface water, groundwater, and the productivity of mining operation sites.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 115-5. (txt | Pdf) on 02/16/2017
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Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 [HB-747]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Manufacturing ]
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages, to: exclude the aging period from the production period for beer, wine, or distilled spirits for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period; reduce excise tax rates on beer and distilled spirits; modify the small wine producer tax credit to increase the amount of the credit, expand the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/30/2017
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants. [HJR-42]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
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 to establishing, for state unemployment compensation program purposes, occupations that regularly conduct drug testing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Became Public Law No: 115-17. (txt | Pdf) on 03/31/2017
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf. [HJR-47]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf. This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management titled "Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf." The rule published in the Federal Register on July 15, 2016, limits exploration of oil and gas resources
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 01/30/2017
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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 "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation". [HJR-36]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
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 "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation". This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management titled "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation." The rule published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2016, addresses waste generated during oil and gas production.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/04/2018
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. [HJR-44]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of the Interior on December 12, 2016, relating to revising regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Became Public Law No: 115-12. (txt | Pdf) on 03/27/2017
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Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients". [HJR-39]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients". This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Health and Human Services rule regarding subrecipients of family planning grants. (Under the rule, grant recipients may prohibit an entity from receiving a subaward only for reasons related to the entity's ability to provide family planning services.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
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Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 [S.243]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Public Health ]
Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the application by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of an instruction against the enforcement of certain physician supervision requirements with respect to outpatient therapeutic services in critical access hospitals and small rural hospitals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/30/2017
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". [HJR-35]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of the Interior on August 5, 2016, relating to non-subsistence takings of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Introduced In House on 01/27/2017
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We Are Watching You Act of 2017 [HB-709]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Media and Advertising ]
We Are Watching You Act of 2017 This bill prohibits an operator of a video service from collecting visual or auditory information from the vicinity of the device used to display the video programming stream to the consumer unless the operator: (1) displays, as part of the stream, a message that reads, "We are watching you"; and (2) describes to the consumer the types of information that will be collected and how such information will be used. The description of information collection must be provided: (1) as part of the terms and conditions to which
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/03/2017
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Compassionate Access Act [HB-715]
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[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Compassionate Access Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to submit to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) a recommendation to transfer marijuana from schedule I to another controlled substances schedule. The DEA must consider the recommendation and issue a final rule to reclassify marijuana. It permits, for reclassification purposes, consideration of scientifically sound research conducted in a state that allows medical marijuana and in accordance with state law, even if such research uses non-federally approved
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/14/2017
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf. [HJR-34]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf. This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management titled "Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf." The rule published in the Federal Register on July 15, 2016, limits exploration of oil and gas resources
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Introduced In House on 01/27/2017
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Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017 [HB-623]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. The bill applies these requirements to medication for a domesticated household animal that consumers are not allowed to purchase without a prescription. A violation of this bill shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Introduced In House on 01/24/2017
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 [S.197]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 This bill amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after this bill's enactment. The trust fund compensates individuals who contract cancer or other diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation during nuclear testing undertaken by the United States during the Cold War. The bill revises the requirements of that Act, including by: increasing the amount of compensation that an individual may receive; expanding the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 06/27/2018
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Follow the Rules Act [HB-657]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Follow the Rules Act (Sec. 2) This bill extends the prohibition against a person taking, failing to take, or threatening to take or fail to take a personnel action against any employee or applicant for employment for refusing to obey an order that would require the individual to violate a law to personnel actions against such an individual for refusing to obey an order that would violate a rule or regulation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Became Public Law No: 115-40. (txt | Pdf) on 06/14/2017
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Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act [HB-680]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit accessing a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except for investigative purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones
Reported By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-81. on 04/06/2017
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Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2017 [S.228]
[Telecommunications ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2017 This bill exempts for five years any small business broadband Internet access service provider with no more than 250,000 subscribers from the enhancements to the transparency rule of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under which any person engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service must disclose publicly accurate information regarding the network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband Internet access services sufficient for: consumers to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (sponsor Introductory Remarks: Cr S451; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S451) on 01/24/2017