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Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. [HR-5]
Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress as the Rules for the 115th Congress, with amendments. (Sec. 2) Directs the Sergeant-at-Arms to impose a fine against a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for use of an electronic device for still photography or for audio or visual recording or broadcasting in contravention of clause 5 of Rule XVII and any applicable Speaker of the House of Representatives' announced policy on electronic devices. Prohibits a Member,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin McCarthy
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act [HB-101]
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act This bill requires the Comptroller General, for each of FY2018-FY2020, to: (1) review the budget requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts contained in the President's budget request for that fiscal year; and (2) report review results to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/19/2017
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To make 1 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. [HB-85]
To make 1 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 1% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spending for FY2017 and FY2018, excluding spending for defense, homeland security, and veterans affairs. It also requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit a report to Congress specifying the account and amount of each rescission made pursuant to this bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. [HB-171]
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 Navy and Marine Corps. The bill makes similar redesignations with respect to the Department Under Secretary, the Department Assistant Secretaries, and the General Counsel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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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. [HB-86]
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 spending for FY2017 and FY2018, excluding spending for defense, homeland security, and veterans affairs. It also requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit a report to Congress specifying the account and amount of each rescission made pursuant to this bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act [HB-221]
Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act (Sec. 2) This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998. (Sec. 3) The Governmental Accountability Office must compare the unit costs of hydrographic surveys conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the unit costs of procuring the surveys.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 487. on 06/26/2018
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Federal Sunset Act of 2017 [HB-31]
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 agency, including advisory committees; (2) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act [HB-71]
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires that the website of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) include a program inventory that identifies each program of the federal government for which there is more than $1 million in annual budget authority. Such inventory shall include: (1) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a federal agency, and (2) any activity that is referenced in law as a program after June 30, 2019. For programs identified in such inventory for which there is more than $1 million and not more
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/05/2017
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Frank Lautenberg Memorial Secure Chemical Facilities Act [HB-59]
Frank Lautenberg Memorial Secure Chemical Facilities Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to set forth provisions for the regulation of security practices at chemical facilities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is authorized to designate: (1) any chemical substance as a substance of concern and establish and adjust the threshold quantity for each such substance after considering the potential extent of death, injury, and serious adverse effects that could result from a chemical facility terrorist incident; and (2) a chemical
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 01/25/2017
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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. [HB-87]
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 spending for FY2017 and FY2018, excluding spending for defense, homeland security, and veterans affairs. It also requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit a report to Congress specifying the account and amount of each rescission made pursuant to this bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Emergency Flood Control Supplemental Funding Act of 2017 [HB-121]
Emergency Flood Control Supplemental Funding Act of 2017 This bill makes supplemental appropriations for FY2017 for the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control projects and storm damage reduction projects in areas affected by flooding in Houston, Texas, that have received a major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Fair Tax Act of 2017 [S.18]
Fair Tax Act of 2017 This bill is a tax reform proposal that imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services in lieu of the current income and corporate income tax, employment and self-employment taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The rate of the sales tax will be 23% in 2019, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. There are exemptions from the tax for used and intangible property, for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/03/2017
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Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2017 [HB-235]
Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2017 This bill amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts of the Indian Health Service. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available in the first fiscal year after the budget year. The bill requires the President's budget and the supporting documents submitted to Congress to include detailed estimates related to the advance appropriations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 02/10/2017
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Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act [HB-88]
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act (Sec. 3) This bill modifies the boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi to include the Fallen Timbers Battlefield, the Russell House Battlefield, and the Davis Bridge Battlefield. The Department of the Interior may acquire such lands, which shall be administered as part of the park. (Sec. 4) The bill establishes the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield in Tennessee as an affiliated area of the National Park System. The
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Message On House Action Received In Senate And At Desk: House Amendment To Senate Amendment. on 12/21/2018
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Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 [HB-50]
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to: (1) require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at the request of the chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee, to conduct an assessment comparing the authorized level of funding in legislation to the prospective costs of carrying out any changes to a condition of federal assistance being imposed on state, local, or tribal governments participating in the federal assistance program; (2) modify the definition of "direct
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 738. on 12/19/2018
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A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026. [SCR-3]
A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2017 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2018-FY2026. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (Sec. 1101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2017-FY2026 for: federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Considered Under The Provisions Of Rule H. Res. 48. (consideration: Cr H490-520) on 01/13/2017
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TALENT Act of 2017 Tested Ability to Leverage Exceptional National Talent Act of 2017 [HB-39]
TALENT Act of 2017 Tested Ability to Leverage Exceptional National Talent Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill codifies provisions establishing the Presidential Innovation Fellows Program (originally established pursuant to Executive Order 13704) to encourage successful entrepreneurs, executives, and innovators to join the government and work in close cooperation with government leaders to create meaningful solutions that can help save lives and taxpayer money, fuel job creation, and significantly improve how the government serves the American people.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin McCarthy
Presented To President. on 01/20/2017
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FairTax Act of 2017 [HB-25]
FairTax Act of 2017 This bill is a tax reform proposal that imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services in lieu of the current income and corporate income tax, employment and self-employment taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The rate of the sales tax will be 23% in 2019, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. There are exemptions from the tax for used and intangible property, for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act [HB-227]
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Great Ape Conservation Fund, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund through FY2022. This bill amends the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize Department of the Interior to award a multi-year grant to carry out a project that is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 [HB-195]
Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 DIVISION A--FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017 Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This division bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless the Member or office requests: (1) a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register, or (2) a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year. DIVISION
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Pursuant To The Provisions Of S. Con. Res. 33, Enrollment Corrections On H.r. 195 Have Been Made. on 01/22/2018