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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Zeldin
Introduced In House on 05/19/2017
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GI Bill Processing Improvement Act [HB-2549]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Social Security ]
GI Bill Processing Improvement Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make available to an educational institution through a secure information technology system the amount of specified veterans educational assistance available to a veteran or an individual pursuing a VA approved-course at such institution. The bill extends the authority for the Veteran's Advisory Committee on Education until December 31, 2022. A reporting fee paid by the VA to an educational institution or joint apprenticeship training committee after
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Coffman
Introduced In House on 05/19/2017
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Sportsmen's Act [S.733]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Sportsmen's Act TITLE I--NATIONAL POLICY (Sec. 101) This bill states U.S. policy that federal departments and agencies must: facilitate the expansion and enhancement of hunting, noncommercial fishing, and recreational shooting opportunities on federal land; conserve and enhance aquatic systems and the management of game species and the habitat of those species on federal land; and consider hunting, noncommercial fishing, and recreational shooting opportunities as part of all federal plans for land, resource, and travel management. TITLE II--SPORTSMEN'S
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Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-116. on 06/22/2017
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End of Debtors Prison Act of 2017 [HB-1724]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Poverty ]
End of Debtors Prison Act of 2017 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to prohibit the Department of Justice from allocating Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program funding to a state or local government that has a contract with a person (e.g., a private probation company) who: (1) collects unpaid debt (i.e., state- or court-imposed fines or fees) from an individual placed on probation for failing to pay such debt; and (2) charges separate fees (e.g., monthly fees) to the probationer with respect
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/06/2017
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Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 [HB-1702]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use certain SBA programs, including the small business development center (SBDC) program, to provide grants, financial assistance, loans, export assistance, and subcontracting opportunities on federal contracts to specified small businesses, organizations, state governments, universities, companies, and other entities that assist smaller enterprises. The SBA shall use such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rod Blum
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 05/09/2018
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Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 [S.705]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Department of Justice to establish a program to provide national criminal history background checks and criminal history reviews for individuals who apply to work or volunteer at organizations that serve children, elderly adults, or individuals with disabilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Received In The House. on 10/19/2017
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Free Market Flights Act of 2017 [HB-1713]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Free Market Flights Act of 2017 This bill terminates on October 1, 2017, Department of Transportation authority to carry out the essential air service program. The bill requires deposit in the Treasury for deficit reduction of any overflight fees collected by the Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control and related services that would otherwise be made available for the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 03/24/2017
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Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017 [HB-1647]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury a Water Infrastructure Trust Fund and appropriates to it amounts equivalent to the fees received in the Treasury before January 1, 2023, under this bill. The bill requires 50% of amounts in the fund to be available to the Environmental Protection Agency for capitalization grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act or CWA) and 50% to be available for capitalization grants under the Safe
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 03/24/2017
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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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Wounded Veterans Recreation Act [HB-1622]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Veterans ]
[Recreation ]
[Disabilities ]
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act This bill amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which is made available for the lifetime of the passholder without charge to any U.S. citizen or person domiciled in the United States who has been medically determined to be permanently disabled, to be made available to any veteran with a service-connected disability.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 04/11/2017
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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 Johnson
Became Public Law No: 115-264. on 10/11/2018
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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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/14/2017
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Recognizing America's Children Act [HB-1468]
[Immigration ]
[Children and Youth ]
Recognizing America's Children Act This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant for an initial five-year period the status of, an alien who: was younger than 16 years old when he or she initially entered the United States and has been physically present in the United States since January 1, 2012; is a person of good moral character; is not inadmissible or deportable on specified grounds under the Immigration and Nationality Act; has not participated in the persecution
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 03/22/2017
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No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act [HB-1477]
[Immigration ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[National Security ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act This bill prohibits: (1) any federal agency from obligating or expending any federal funds to carry out provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 regarding barriers at the border or any related provision of law or to otherwise build a border fence, wall, or related physical barriers along the U.S. southern border; and (2) a state from using federal grant funds for such purpose. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must conduct an audit each fiscal year to assess
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Western Hemisphere. on 05/18/2017
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Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2017 [S.575]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to apply that Act's restrictions to collectors of debt owed to a federal agency. A federal agency that is a creditor may not sell or transfer a debt to a debt collector until 90 days after the obligation arises. Specified notice to the consumer of such a sale or transfer is required. A collector of debt owed to a federal agency may not collect any interest, fee, charge, or expense that is: (1) unreasonable in relation to actual costs, (2) not authorized
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/08/2017
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National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1423]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Crime ]
National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through FY2027. Every policy issued under NFIP must include documents describing the type of loss covered, a summary of the costs of the policy, and an explanation of the policy's parameters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is directed to establish a program for "Write Your Own" companies (a company that writes and services federal standard flood
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez
Introduced In House on 03/08/2017
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American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act [S.546]
[Mining ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Trade ]
American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act This bill sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/07/2017
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American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act [HB-1399]
[Mining ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Trade ]
[Energy ]
American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act (Sec. 2) This bill sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-455. on 12/11/2017
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A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to make applicable to the State of South Dakota a provision relating to certain Bureau of Reclamation permit fees. [S.535]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to make applicable to the State of South Dakota a provision relating to certain Bureau of Reclamation permit fees. This bill amends the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to temporarily prohibit the Department of the Interior from increasing the permit fee for a cabin or trailer on land in South Dakota administered by the Bureau of Reclamation's Dakotas Area Office by more than 33% of the fee amount that was in effect on January 1, 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Thune
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/06/2017
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Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act [S.521]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Veterans ]
[Recreation ]
Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to direct the Department of the Interior to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a cost of $80 to any veteran who was separated from military service under conditions other than dishonorable, if the veteran provides specified proof of that status. Such pass shall be valid for the lifetime of the passholder.
Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/02/2017