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Abuse-Deterrent Opioids Plan for Tomorrow Act of 2017 [HB-2025]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Abuse-Deterrent Opioids Plan for Tomorrow Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an application for a new drug from being considered ineligible for approval because its labeling includes information describing abuse-deterrent properties that otherwise would be blocked by market exclusivity provisions. The Department of Health and Human Services shall issue draft guidance and publish final guidance regarding the award and scope of exclusivity for new drugs with properties designed to deter abuse and the exceptions
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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Tax Refund Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1996]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Tax Refund Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to license or certify and regulate tax return preparers. The program must require tax return preparers to: (1) demonstrate good character, good reputation, necessary qualifications, and competency; (2) pay a reasonable fee for licensing or certification; and (3) make certain disclosures regarding fees charged and the average amount of time expected to receive a tax refund. Treasury may take enforcement actions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Lifetime Income Disclosure Act [S.868]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require pension benefit statements to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period. The disclosure must set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to the participant or beneficiary. The "lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued" is the amount of monthly payments the participant or beneficiary would receive if the total accrued benefits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Murphy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/06/2017
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FRAC Act Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act [S.865]
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[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
FRAC Act Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act This bill repeals the exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations relating to oil and natural gas production activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow the Environmental
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/06/2017
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Lifetime Income Disclosure Act [HB-2055]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require pension benefit statements to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period. The disclosure must set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to the participant or beneficiary. The "lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued" is the amount of monthly payments the participant or beneficiary would receive if the total accrued benefits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017 [HB-2012]
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[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017 This bill repeals the exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The chemicals intended for use in underground injections
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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Eastern Interior Alaska Land Use Protection Act [HB-2080]
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[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Energy ]
Eastern Interior Alaska Land Use Protection Act This bill declares that the management plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for the Eastern Interior Planning Area in Alaska, which is entitled the "Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement," for which a notice of availability was published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2016, shall have no force or effect.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 04/24/2017
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National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 [HB-1974]
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[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct: public water systems (the systems) to meet certain reporting requirements; the EPA to develop a sampling protocol and develop instructions for compliance with the protocol; the EPA, or the state exercising primary enforcement responsibility, to require on-site investigations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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Cyber Security Education and Federal Workforce Enhancement Act [HB-1981]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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Cyber Security Education and Federal Workforce Enhancement Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an Office of Cybersecurity Education and Awareness Branch to make recommendations to DHS regarding: (1) recruitment of information assurance, cybersecurity, and computer security professionals; (2) grants, training programs, and other support for kindergarten through grade 12, secondary, and post-secondary computer security education programs; (3) guest lecturer programs in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 04/25/2017
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Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act [HB-2030]
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[Retirement ]
[Unemployment ]
[Pensions ]
Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to loans made from a qualified employer plan, to extend the period for repayment of loans if a plan terminates or a plan participant becomes unemployed. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to modify regulations governing hardship distributions from qualified employer plans to allow participants to make additional contributions to a plan during the six-month period following a hardship distribution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2017 [HB-1969]
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Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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LATTS Act of 2017 Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2017 [HB-2022]
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[Public Health ]
[Science ]
LATTS Act of 2017 Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the sale of human tissue for research or education unless the seller has a non-transplant tissue bank license, each package of tissue is labeled with specified information, and each package is wrapped in the prescribed manner. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall establish a process for the approval, suspension, and revocation of non-transplant tissue bank licenses. False labeling of packages of human tissue is prohibited. HHS or any accrediting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Gosar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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CLEANER Act of 2017 Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2017 [HB-2000]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
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CLEANER Act of 2017 Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2017 This bill amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to eliminate the exemption for waste derived from the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy from regulations governing the disposal of hazardous waste. Within a year of this bill's enactment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must: determine whether waste associated with oil, gas, or geothermal energy activities meet the criteria
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to "Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment". [HJR-97]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to "Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment". This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of Agriculture on December 8, 2016, relating to the Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Plan Amendment for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. [HB-2020]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. This bill directs the Drug Enforcement Administration to transfer marijuana from schedule I to schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. (A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that: has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical use; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule III controlled substance is a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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Autofill Act of 2017 [HB-2018]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Autofill Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to allow taxpayers to download income tax forms that are populated with tax return information (e.g., wages, withholding, and self-employment income) previously reported to Treasury for the taxable year. By October 31, 2017, Treasury must: (1) establish standards for data download to tax preparation software, and (2) provide a demonstration server for downloading the partially populated printable document file. By February
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Takano
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to "Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement". [HJR-96]
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to "Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement". This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to the management plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for the Eastern Interior Planning Area in Alaska, entitled the "Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act [HB-2010]
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[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for the purpose of the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. The bill establishes a December 31, 2017, deadline and requirements for regulations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is required, under current law, to establish for determining adequate security measures for the geological storage of the carbon dioxide such that carbon dioxide does not escape into the atmosphere. The IRS regulations
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Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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To prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to which members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps or civilian employees of the Department of Defense are entitled based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or official travel, and for other purposes. [HB-2036]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[National Security ]
To prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to which members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps or civilian employees of the Department of Defense are entitled based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or official travel, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits uniformed service agencies or the Department of Defense (DOD) from altering the amount of the locality-based travel and transportation per diem allowances or reimbursements to which certain uniformed service members or civilian DOD employees
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/24/2017
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 [HB-2049]
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[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
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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: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 05/01/2017