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Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018 [HB-5225]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Act of 2018
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 [S.1771]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Social Security ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, the Job Corps, Community Service Employment
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National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017 [HB-3679]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Taxes ]
National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017
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Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-3387]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide support for public water systems and promote compliance by the systems with drinking water regulations. The bill expands requirements concerning consumer confidence reports issued by community water systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state with primary enforcement authority responsibility under the Act may require the owners or operators of certain public water systems that have repeatedly violated national primary drinking
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EARN IT Act Enhancing Advancement, Reducing Noncompliance, and Improving Trust Act [HB-3379]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
EARN IT Act Enhancing Advancement, Reducing Noncompliance, and Improving Trust Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for individuals with no qualifying children and to establish additional requirements for claiming the EITC and the child tax credit. The bill modifies the EITC for individuals with no qualifying children by: increasing the credit and phaseout percentages, increasing the earned income and phaseout amounts, reducing the minimum age to claim the credit, and modifying the formula
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Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2017 [HB-3386]
[Disabilities ]
[Social Security ]
Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2017 This bill directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to conduct quality reviews of hearing decisions concerning Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits to ensure that administrative law judges are complying with the SSA's regulations. The SSA must report annually on these quality reviews.
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 [HB-3358]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Pensions ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Social Security ]
[Veterans ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, the Job Corps, Federal Unemployment Benefits
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Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. [HCR-71]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Social Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Defense ]
[Small Business ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Housing ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pensions ]
[Unemployment ]
[National Security ]
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2018 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2019-FY2027. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (Sec. 1101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2018-FY2027 for: federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and debt held by the
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BUILDS Act Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills [S.1599]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Education ]
[Unemployment ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
BUILDS Act Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills This bill requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants, for up to three years and on a competitive basis, to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries). Such strategic objectives must include: recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries; identifying
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Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act [HB-3310]
[Disabilities ]
[Social Security ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to allow the Social Security Administration to provide, to an individual who is denied OASDI or SSI benefits based on an adverse determination of disability, information on appropriate public or private entities that provide employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services.
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Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2017 [HB-3307]
[Social Security ]
[Poverty ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2017
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Supplemental Security Income Equality Act [HB-3226]
[Social Security ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
Supplemental Security Income Equality Act
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CHIP Mental Health Parity Act [HB-3192]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
CHIP Mental Health Parity Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plans to cover mental health and substance use disorder services. Financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to such services shall not differ from those applicable to other medical services under CHIP.
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Food Deserts Act of 2017 [HB-3104]
[Food ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
Food Deserts Act of 2017
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 [S.1481]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 This bill revises provisions concerning Alaska Natives claims to land and Alaska Native regional, village, or urban corporations. The bill amends the Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act of 1984 to require the Department of the Interior to convey to the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation certain sand and gravel deposits. Interior must grant the Shishmaref Native Corporation a transportation easement. Shee Atika Incorporated may opt to receive credits from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the sale
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No Free Rides Act [HB-3090]
[Taxes ]
[Immigration ]
[Poverty ]
No Free Rides Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the earned income tax credit to any taxpayer whose identifying Social Security number was issued pursuant to a work authorization obtained under any program not specifically established by law that provides aliens deferred action from removal.
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [HB-1]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Investments ]
[Real Estate ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Construction ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Finance ]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. It also establishes an oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. (Unless otherwise specified, provisions referred to in this summary as temporary or as a suspension of an existing provision apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026.) TITLE I Subtitle A-- Individual Tax Reform
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School Food Modernization Act [HB-3006]
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[Education ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
School Food Modernization Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs), school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities to finance infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases to facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school lunch program. USDA must give preference to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure
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Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-3017]
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[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Real Estate ]
Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill modifies the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to specify if a state or local government takes title to a brownfield site as a result of law enforcement activity, that government is not an owner or operator for the purposes of CERCLA. (Brownfields are certain commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.)
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School Food Modernization Act [S.1402]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
School Food Modernization Act