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Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2017 ExCEL Act of 2017 [HB-2580] [Student Loans ] [Education ]
Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2017 ExCEL Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace several existing federal student loan programs with a single repayment plan that caps annual debt repayments based on the borrower's income. The bill terminates the authority of the Department of Education (ED) to make federal Direct Stafford Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, and Direct PLUS loans, subject to exceptions for existing student borrowers, PLUS loans made to parents of undergraduates, and Direct Consolidation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Zeldin Introduced In House on 05/19/2017

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Statutes at Large Modernization Act [HB-1729] [Technology and Innovation ] [Libraries ]
Statutes at Large Modernization Act This bill directs the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to make the Statutes at Large available to the public at no cost on a website in a searchable, non-proprietary format. The GPO must ensure that the searchable online edition is prepared in coordination with the National Archives and Records Administration and congressional support offices that develop formatting conventions used for enrolled bills and other legislative materials. The bill amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 to require (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat Introduced In House on 03/27/2017

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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625] [Human Rights ] [International ] [Crime ]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018

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Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attorney General, to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to certain communications by the President of the United States. [HR-203] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ]
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attorney General, to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to certain communications by the President of the United States. Requests the President, and directs the Department of Justice, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document, correspondence, or other communication in their possession that refers or relates to specified statements of President Donald J. Trump communicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, regarding alleged (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Reported Adversely (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-83. on 04/06/2017

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Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017 [HB-1581] [Telecommunications ] [Native American Affairs ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Community Development ]
Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend to Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, Indian allotments, and areas with high populations of Indian people the universal service principle that telecommunications and information services in rural, insular, and high cost areas should be accessible at rates reasonably comparable to urban areas.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017

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21st Century Worker Opportunity Act [HB-1534] [Telecommunications ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Manufacturing ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
21st Century Worker Opportunity Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement a program that provides displaced workers with a subsidy or coupon for a lump sum payment of $500 that may only be applied towards: (1) broadband Internet access service, or (2) remote job training in a profession not likely to be automated in the next 20 years. A "displaced worker" is defined as an individual who, due to automation of machinery that replaces human labor, has been terminated or laid off from employment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Dingell Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017

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PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act [S.654] [Animals ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both. It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Received In The House. on 12/15/2017

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Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act of 2018 [S.645] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ] [Small Business ] [Community Development ]
Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to assess, and submit a report regarding, the effects of the digital economy on the U.S. economy. In conducting the assessment, Commerce must: (1) consider the impact of the deployment and adoption of digital-enabling infrastructure and broadband, e-commerce and platform-enabled peer-to-peer commerce, and the production and consumption of digital media; and (2) consult with other government agencies, businesses, rural and urban Internet service and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King Received In The House. on 12/19/2018

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A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. [S.624] [Telecommunications ] [Consumer Protection ] [Veterans ] [Military ]
A bill to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a service member to terminate a commercial mobile, telephone exchange, Internet access, or multichannel video programming service contract at any time after the date the service member receives military orders to relocate for at least 90 days to a location that does not support such service contract. (Currently, such provision applies to a cellular telephone (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Maria Cantwell Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/14/2017

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Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act [S.625] [Technology and Innovation ] [Media and Advertising ] [Cybersecurity ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ]
Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) to provide that whenever the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reason to believe that a person or enterprise may be in possession or control of documentary material relevant to an investigation under FARA, the DOJ, before initiating a civil or criminal proceeding with respect to the production of such material, may serve a written demand upon the entity to produce the material for examination. The bill includes social media (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/14/2017

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Public Online Information Act of 2017 [S.621] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Libraries ] [Public Safety ]
Public Online Information Act of 2017 This bill establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to: (1) coordinate the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet, and (2) issue nonbinding guidelines on how the government should make public information available. The government must make public records available on the Internet at no charge, except as imposed by federal law before this bill's enactment. The bill requires: (1) public records to be permanently available on the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/14/2017

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PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act [HB-1494] [Animals ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both. It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/21/2017

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Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 [S.606] [Taxes ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Consumer Protection ] [Crime ]
Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish requirements and authorities for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) related to: (1) preventing identify theft and tax refund fraud, and (2) the electronic filing of tax returns. The IRS must: develop and implement guidelines for stolen identity refund fraud cases, provide specified notifications to suspected victims of identity theft, establish a local law enforcement liaison for tax-related identity theft and other tax fraud matters, use (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/09/2017

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Highway Rights-of-Way Permitting Efficiency Act of 2017 [S.604] [Telecommunications ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Environmental ] [Energy ] [Funding ]
Highway Rights-of-Way Permitting Efficiency Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Department of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to establish a program to enter into memoranda of understanding with states to allow for the permitting of broadband within an operational right-of-way to enable broadband providers to install infrastructure that allows users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/09/2017

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Know Before You Fly Act [HB-1420] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
Know Before You Fly Act This bill makes it an unfair or deceptive practice for an air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent to fail to disclose in its Internet fare quotation a clear and prominent statement of checked baggage and carry-on baggage fees, along with a prominent website link to a list of all such fees. A covered air carrier shall publish on its website a clear statement indicating whether it will provide passengers whose travel is interrupted due to a widespread disruption: hotel accommodations; ground transportation; meal vouchers; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 03/09/2017

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Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act [HB-1440] [Telecommunications ] [Elections ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Media and Advertising ]
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require online public inspection files that must be uploaded to the Internet by television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, and sorting. Public inspection files include political (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/10/2017

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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services". [HJR-86] [Telecommunications ] [Consumer Protection ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services". This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission entitled "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services." The rule published on December 2, 2016: (1) applies the customer privacy requirements of the Communications (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/10/2017

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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services". [SJR-34] [Telecommunications ] [Consumer Protection ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ]
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services". This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission entitled "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services." The rule published on December 2, 2016: (1) applies the customer privacy requirements of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Became Public Law No: 115-22. (txt | Pdf) on 04/03/2017

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Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2017 [S.547] [Consumer Protection ] [Crime ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to disseminate to senior citizens and their families and caregivers information regarding mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud that targets senior citizens. The information must: (1) teach safe and smart financial practices, (2) provide instructions on how to refer a fraud complaint to law enforcement, and (3) include a toll-free telephone number that connects to a live individual who answers calls from seniors seeking advice about scams or how to report (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/07/2017

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Securing IoT Act of 2017 Securing the Internet of Things Act of 2017 [HB-1324] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Consumer Protection ]
Securing IoT Act of 2017 Securing the Internet of Things Act of 2017 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish cybersecurity standards that radio frequency equipment must meet throughout its lifecycle (design, installation, and retirement) in order to be certified under the FCC's technical standards for equipment authorization.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017

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