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Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 [HB-1004]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Ethics ]
Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs each executive agency to make publicly available on the agency website or in the rulemaking docket on Regulations.gov a list of pending agency regulatory actions and for each such action: the date the agency began to develop or consider the action, its status, an estimate of the date it will be final and in effect, a brief description of such action, and a list of any applicable agency regulatory actions issued by the agency, or any other executive agency, that duplicate or overlap with
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson
H.amdt.64 Amendment (a002) Offered By Mr. Farenthold. (consideration: Cr H1476-1477, H1480-1481; Text: Cr H1476) on 03/02/2017
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To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit and of the public debt. [HB-1024]
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[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit and of the public debt. This bill requires the President's annual budget submission to Congress to include estimates of the pro rata cost to individuals who file an income tax return of: (1) the public debt, and (2) any projected budget deficit for the fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer
Introduced In House on 02/13/2017
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21st Century Respect Act [HB-995]
[Agriculture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
21st Century Respect Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the General Services Administration to change the terminology used to describe the racial background or place of origin of people in regulations concerning: (1) USDA programs for financing and insuring loans for properties in rural areas, and (2) the 1974 development plan for Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 513. on 07/12/2018
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SCRUB Act Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act [HB-998]
[Small Business ]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
[Inflation ]
SCRUB Act Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act TITLE I--RETROSPECTIVE REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION (Sec. 101) This bill establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to conduct a review of the Code of Federal Regulations to identify rules and sets of rules that collectively implement a regulatory program that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation. The commission shall give priority to the review of rules or sets of rules that are major rules or that include major rules, that have been
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/02/2017
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Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2017 Jobs for All Act [HB-1000]
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[Small Business ]
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Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2017 Jobs for All Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, Indian tribes, local governments, publicly-funded elementary and secondary educational institutions, educational institutions in the Federal Work-Study Program, and tax-exempt non-profit organizations for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/09/2017
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Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2017 [HB-992]
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[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2017 This bill requires the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse or addiction. States must use these grants to provide up to 60 consecutive days of services to individuals who otherwise would not have access to substance abuse services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2017
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English Language Unity Act of 2017 [HB-997]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Education ]
English Language Unity Act of 2017 This bill establishes English as the official language of the United States. Naturalization ceremonies and official functions of the U.S. government, subject to exceptions, must be conducted in English. The bill declares that all citizens should be able to read and understand generally the English language text of U.S. laws. A person injured by a violation of this bill may obtain relief, including a declaratory judgment, in a civil action. English language requirements and workplace policies, whether in the public
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/02/2017
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National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System Act [S.346]
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National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to establish the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System to monitor, issue warnings of, and protect U.S. citizens from undue and avoidable harm from, volcanic activity. The purposes of the system are to: (1) organize, modernize, standardize, and stabilize the monitoring systems of U.S. volcano observatories; and (2) unify such systems into a single interoperative system. The objective of the system is to monitor
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Held At The Desk. on 05/21/2018
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Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2017 [S.348]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate lower prices on behalf of Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries for covered prescription drugs that the CMS deems appropriate for negotiation based on: (1) program and per-beneficiary spending, (2) unit price increases over the preceding years, (3) initial launch price, (4) availability of similarly effective alternative treatments, (5) status of the drug as a follow-on to previously approved drugs,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/09/2017
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Scientific Integrity Act [S.338]
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[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Ethics ]
Scientific Integrity Act This bill requires, subject to the exemptions for disclosures of information under the Freedom of Information Act, each federal agency that funds or conducts scientific research to: (1) promote and maximize the communication and open exchange of data and findings to other agencies, policymakers, and the public of research conducted by a scientist employed or contracted by such an agency; and (2) prevent the intentional or unintentional suppression or distortion of such data and findings. The bill amends the America COMPETES
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 02/07/2017
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Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017 [HB-931]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary registry of firefighters in order to collect history and occupational information that can be used to determine the incidence of cancer among firefighters. The registry must be used to improve monitoring of cancer among firefighters and to collect and publish epidemiological information. The CDC should seek to include specified information in the registry, including the number and type of fire
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-194. on 07/07/2018
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Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2017 [HB-970]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Rights ]
[Finance ]
Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2017 This bill directs executive agencies to require any covered contractor (a for-profit business with gross receipts exceeding $1 billion for the previous year) awarded a contract of $5 million or more to submit, within 60 days: data on the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of such contractor's board of directors and senior executives; data on the affiliation of any such board member or executive to a historically underrepresented group, including veterans and individuals with disabilities;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/07/2017
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Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act [HB-913]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to: establish within the Executive Office for Immigration Review an Office of Legal Access Programs to administer a system of legal orientation programs to make immigration proceedings more efficient by educating aliens regarding administrative procedures and legal rights under U.S. immigration law and to establish other programs to assist in providing aliens access to legal information; and submit a plan to Congress that includes a schedule to develop and deploy legal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/09/2017
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Buy American Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-904]
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[Construction ]
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[Air Quality ]
[Housing ]
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[Small Business ]
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Buy American Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Buy American Act and federal grant programs to: (1) standardize guidelines for federal agencies to waive Buy American requirements for their construction contracts and direct purchases of materials for public buildings, uses, or works; and (2) extend domestic content requirements to additional grant programs that federal agencies administer to fund states and other entities carrying out transportation and infrastructure projects. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) must require
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 02/24/2017
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To repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. [HB-923]
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To repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. This bill repeals the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 and restores provisions amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 04/25/2017
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Financial Institutions Due Process Act of 2017 [HB-924]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Financial Institutions Due Process Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to establish an Independent Examination Review Panel. The panel shall have exclusive jurisdiction of an appeal of a final material supervisory determination of a federal financial institutions regulatory agency. A financial institution may request from a federal financial institutions regulatory agency a written determination of the agency's: (1) permission to take an action, and (2) interpretation of a law or regulation.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Rothfus
Hearings Held By The Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Credit Prior To Referral. on 07/12/2017
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SCOUTS Act Securing Communications of Utilities from Terrorist Threats [HB-940]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Telecommunications ]
SCOUTS Act Securing Communications of Utilities from Terrorist Threats This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with critical infrastructure owners and operators and state, local, tribal, and territorial entities to seek voluntary participation of sector-specific agencies to determine how DHS can best serve cybersecurity needs to manage risk and strengthen the security and resilience of the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. A "sector-specific agency" is a federal agency designated as such by
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Protection. on 02/24/2017
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Terrorism Prevention and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2017 [HB-945]
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[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Defense ]
[Crime ]
Terrorism Prevention and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: work with critical infrastructure owners and operators and state, local, tribal, and territorial entities to manage risk and strengthen the security and resilience of the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks; establish terrorism prevention policy to engage with international partners to strengthen critical infrastructure located inside or outside of the United States; establish a task force
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Protection. on 02/24/2017
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Protecting Our Border Communities Act of 2017 [HB-920]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Protecting Our Border Communities Act of 2017 This bill states that: (1) beginning on January 25, 2017, Executive Order 13767, entitled "Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements," is null and void, shall have no force and effect, and may not be implemented or enforced; and (2) no federal funds may be used to implement or enforce any of the policy changes set forth in such order. Among the order's provisions concerning border security and immigration enforcement along the southern border of the United States are directives concerning
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/09/2017
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Protecting America's Workers Act [HB-914]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mining ]
Protecting America's Workers Act This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to increase the scope of the Act by applying its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. However, the bill makes OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. The bill revises requirements governing worker protection, including by: increasing protections for whistle-blowers as well as employees participating in or aiding inspections; directing employers to furnish a hazard-free
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/07/2017