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OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act [S.676]
[Ethics ]
OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act This bill codifies and revises the centralized regulatory review process, currently required under executive order, to require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget to: (1) review each agency's significant regulatory actions for compliance with procedures for cost-benefit determinations, assessments of alternatives, avoidance of conflicts with other regulations, consideration of risks and enforcement costs, and coordination with state, local,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/21/2017
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National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act [HB-1650]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program through which each participating state or Indian tribe: (1) adopts the uniform, research-based home study methodology developed by HHS for the evaluation of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents; and (2) provides data gathered through operation of the program to HHS, as HHS may require for purposes of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 03/21/2017
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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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DOC Access Act Dentist and Optometric Care Access Act [HB-1606]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
DOC Access Act Dentist and Optometric Care Access Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit group health plans and individual health insurance coverage from setting rates for items and services provided by a doctor of optometry, of dental surgery, or of dental medicine for which the plan or insurer does not pay a substantial amount. An agreement between a plan or insurer and such a doctor: (1) may only be changed with the doctor's acknowledgement and acceptance, and (2) may last longer than two years only with the prior acceptance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017
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SAFE Act Secure America's Future Elections Act [HB-1562]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
SAFE Act Secure America's Future Elections Act This bill directs the National Protection and Programs Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security to designate the infrastructure used to administer elections as critical infrastructure. The bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 with respect to: funding for states to upgrade the security of the information technology and cybersecurity elements of voting systems, voter registration lists, and voter registration processes; voting systems and cybersecurity standards; paper ballot and manual
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 04/25/2017
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Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act [HB-1556]
[Defense ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[National Security ]
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act This bill revises the authority of the Department of Defense (DOD) to transfer excess personal property to federal and state law enforcement agencies. DOD's authority to transfer property for counter-drug activities is eliminated. DOD property recipients must: (1) provide DOD with a description of intended use; and (2) certify that they have appropriate personnel, technical capacity, and training and will return any surplus DOD property. Non-federal recipients must certify that they have notified their local
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 04/05/2017
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Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-1572]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility, to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges that subsidize customer-side technology, to consider whether that subsidy would: result in benefits predominately enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side technology; shift costs of a customer-side technology to electricity consumers who do not use it, particularly in cases in which disparate economic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Hudson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 03/17/2017
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities. [S.666]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the production of electricity from advanced nuclear power facilities, to: (1) establish requirements for the allocation of unutilized portions of the national megawatt capacity limitation, and (2) allow public entities to transfer the credit to project partners. If a portion of the 6,000 national megawatt capacity limitation for the credit is unutilized
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/15/2017
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Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act [HB-1551]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the production of electricity from advanced nuclear power facilities, to: (1) establish requirements for the allocation of unutilized portions of the national megawatt capacity limitation, and (2) allow public entities to transfer the credit to project partners. If a portion of the 6,000 national megawatt capacity limitation for the credit is unutilized after December 31, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service must allocate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Became Public Law No: 115-264. on 10/11/2018
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Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1550]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local governments, to: (1) increase the dollar limitation on the exclusion, and (2) make the tax exclusion permanent. (Under current law, the exclusion expired in 2010.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 03/15/2017
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VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017 [HB-1545]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to disclose information about an individual who is dispensed medication prescribed by a VA employee or by a non-VA provider authorized to prescribe such medication by the VA (currently, about a veteran or the dependent of a veteran) to a state controlled substance monitoring program to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan A. Costello
Became Public Law No: 115-86. (txt | Pdf) on 11/21/2017
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Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2017 [HB-1537]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2017 This bill declares that a Washington, DC statute that prohibits the killing of wild birds and wild animals in DC does not authorize the DC Council, Mayor, or any DC governmental or regulatory authority to prohibit or unduly burden the ability of persons otherwise not prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law from acquiring or using for lawful purposes any firearm neither prohibited by federal law nor subject to the National Firearms Act. DC is denied authority to enact laws or regulations that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 03/15/2017
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Healthy Families Act [S.636]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Healthy Families Act This bill requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. The bill authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Any small employer that opts out shall provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. The bill declares that an employer shall not be required to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/15/2017
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Status of the Sixth Amendment Act of 2017 [HB-1517]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Status of the Sixth Amendment Act of 2017 This bill requires a state that receives a Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs grant to report annually certain information with respect to the following categories of offenses: (1) criminal offenses punishable by a prison term of more than one year; (2) criminal offenses punishable by a prison term of one year or less, including misdemeanors, traffic, and municipal violations; and (3) acts of juvenile delinquency punishable by a term of detention. A state must report, for each offense
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2017
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District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2017 [HB-1523]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2017 This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to shift the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations of Washington, DC laws from the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia (Attorney General for the District) or his or her assistants to the head of the office designated under DC local law as the one responsible for conducting such prosecutions (local prosecutor's office) or his or her assistants. An indictment or information brought in the name of: the United
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Introduced In House on 03/13/2017
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Healthy Families Act [HB-1516]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Healthy Families Act This bill requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. The bill authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Any small employer that opts out shall provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. The bill declares that an employer shall not be required to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/13/2017
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RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act [S.614]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act This bill amends the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to direct the Department of the Interior to establish a pilot program that authorizes commercial recreation concessions on land patented or leased under the Act. Interior shall enter into at least 10 agreements with parties to whom such land has been patented or leased for the establishment of these concessions. A party to such an agreement may enter into agreements with third parties to establish such concessions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 07/26/2017
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Ratepayer Fairness Act [S.613]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Ratepayer Fairness Act This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility, to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges that subsidize customer-side technology, to consider whether that subsidy would: result in benefits predominately enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side technology; shift costs of a customer-side technology to electricity consumers who do not use it, particularly in cases in which disparate economic or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/13/2017
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National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2017 [S.594]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with a consortium, including the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium, to support efforts to address cybersecurity risks and incidents, including threats or acts of terrorism. DHS may work with such a consortium to assist its national cybersecurity and communications integration center to: provide training to state and local first responders and officials, develop curriculums, and provide technical assistance;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-410. on 12/04/2018
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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act [HB-1443]
[Energy ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Science ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Water ]
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act This bill revises a variety of programs to encourage energy efficiency in buildings, industry, the federal government, and certain appliances, including by: requiring states and Indian tribes to measure their compliance with certain residential and commercial building energy codes; requiring the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide grants for establishing building training and assessment centers at institutions of higher education; requiring DOE to establish a process to recognize schools for implementing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 04/25/2017