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Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2017 [HB-1657]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
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[Education ]
Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for training to adversely affected workers, to authorize a state to use certain funds distributed by the Department of Labor to reimburse the costs of providing training to an adversely affected worker before the worker is approved for training under the Act if those costs have been paid by: the state from state funds, the state or local workforce development areas within the state from funds available for workforce
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Nolan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 03/27/2017
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Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2017 [S.687]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for training to adversely affected workers, to authorize a state to use certain funds distributed by the Department of Labor to reimburse the costs of providing training to an adversely affected worker before the worker is approved for training under the Act if those costs have been paid by: the state from state funds, the state or local workforce development areas within the state from funds available for workforce
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/21/2017
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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1661]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing credit, to rename the credit "the affordable housing credit" and make several modifications to the credit. The bill revises tenant eligibility requirements, with respect to: the average income test, income eligibility for rural projects, increased tenant income, student occupancy rules, and tenant voucher payments that are taken into account as rent. The bill revises various requirements to: establish a 4% minimum
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Curbelo Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be Considered As The First Sponsor Of H.r. 1661, A Bill Originally Introduced By Representative Tiberi, For The Purpose Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Pursuant To Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. Agreed To Without Objection. on 01/16/2018
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American Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-1628]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
American Health Care Act of 2017 TITLE I--ENERGY AND COMMERCE Subtitle A--Patient Access to Public Health Programs (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to eliminate funding after FY2018 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which provides for investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and restrain the rate of growth in health care costs. Funds that are unobligated at the end of FY2018 are rescinded. (Sec. 102) The bill amends the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization
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Sponsored by: Rep. Diane Black
Returned To The Calendar. Calendar No. 120. on 07/28/2017
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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018
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Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 [HB-1624]
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[Investments ]
Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require certain municipal obligations to be treated as high-quality liquid assets if they are investment grade, liquid, and readily marketable. Under current law, high-quality assets include level 1, level 2A, and level 2B liquid assets.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 10/04/2017
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Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-1529]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Finance ]
Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from using extraordinary measures either to prevent the United States from reaching the statutory debt limit or once the debt limit has been reached. Under the bill, extraordinary measures are: suspending investments of the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund or the Exchange Stabilization Fund, suspending the issuance of new securities to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, redeeming early securities
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Introduced In House on 03/15/2017
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Financial Transparency Act of 2017 [HB-1530]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Investments ]
Financial Transparency Act of 2017 This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and other laws to require federal financial regulatory agencies to adopt specified data standards with respect to format, searchability, and transparency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 03/23/2017
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States' Education Reclamation Act of 2017 [HB-1510]
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[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Disabilities ]
States' Education Reclamation Act of 2017 This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it has administrative responsibility. The Department of the Treasury shall provide grants to states, for FY2018-FY2026, for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education purposes permitted by state law. The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2012, minus
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Introduced In House on 03/10/2017
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Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 [S.548]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing credit, to rename the credit "the affordable housing credit" and make several modifications to the credit. The bill increases state allocations for the credit and modifies the cost-of-living adjustments. It also revises tenant eligibility requirements, with respect to: the average income test, income eligibility for rural projects, increased tenant income, student occupancy rules, and tenant voucher payments that are
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/07/2017
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Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2017 [S.520]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2017 This bill revises federal funding to states under the Medicaid program, including by capping annual funding on a per capita basis.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/02/2017
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Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act [S.518]
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[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified technical assistance providers for assisting small or medium publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) in complying with the Act or obtaining financing under the Act for eligible projects. Small POTWs serve 10,000 individuals or fewer and medium POTWs serve from 10,001 to 75,000
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Reported By Senator Barrasso With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-71. on 05/17/2017
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A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities. [S.415]
[Immigration ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities. This bill rescinds Executive Order 13768, entitled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States." Among other things, that order raises questions regarding whether, and to what extent, federal agencies will withhold federal grant funds that would have otherwise been awarded to jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply with
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/16/2017
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Small Tracts Conveyance Act [HB-1106]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
Small Tracts Conveyance Act This bill requires the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a state (respecting certain public lands) or the Regional Forester with jurisdiction over the National Forest System (NFS) land of a specific Forest Service Region (respecting certain NFS lands) to select an eligible federal lands parcel for conveyance: (1) in response to a request by an adjacent landholder (any holder of non-federal land that shares one or more boundaries with such a parcel and who requests to purchase such a parcel), or (2) upon
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Amodei
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 03/10/2017
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WMATA Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1140]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
WMATA Improvement Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide additional grants for each of FY2018-FY2028 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for financing approved capital and preventive maintenance projects. No grants may be provided until: the WMATA Board of Directors certifies that amendments have been made to the existing collective bargaining agreement between WMATA and a collective bargaining unit allowing WMATA to implement necessary operational changes required to provide a high
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Delaney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/16/2017
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Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2017 [HB-1189]
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[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2017 This bill reduces administrative requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program), authorizes funding to increase access to SNAP offices, and authorizes grants for community-based nonprofits to expand anti-hunger activities. The bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal existing provisions regarding administrative costs and authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to pay 75% of the administrative costs for state agencies to increase
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brady
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition. on 03/10/2017
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Redistricting Reform Act of 2017 [HB-1102]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Redistricting Reform Act of 2017 Redistricting Reform Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment of Members of the House of Representatives based on the results of the census from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct redistricting in order to comply with the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Redistricting must be conducted in accordance with a plan established by a state independent redistricting commission or, if
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 03/06/2017
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Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 [HB-1068]
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[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise regulations for drinking water contaminants, including by: requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether or not to regulate no fewer than 10 contaminants every 3 years (current law requires 5 contaminants every 5 years); revising the process and requirements for setting maximum containment levels in national primary drinking water regulations; directing the EPA to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/17/2017
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Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2017 [HB-1071]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Infrastructure ]
Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize for FY2018-FY2022 and revise the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF), including to require SRF-funded projects to use iron and steel produced in the United States. The bill revises requirements for state Intended Use Plans for SRF funds, including to require the plans to: (1) list systems that are not in compliance with national primary drinking water regulation, (2) reserve a specified amount of funding for assistance for disadvantaged
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/17/2017
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Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Act [HB-1076]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Act This bill: (1) nullifies section 9 of Executive Order 13768 (Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States), and (2) prohibits using appropriations to promulgate or enforce any executive order that compels state, city, or local officials to assist federal authorities in the removal of aliens from the United States. Section 9 authorizes: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate a state or local subdivision that fails to make required communications with the Immigration and Naturalization
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/06/2017