Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2017 [HB-2635]
[Immigration ]
[Veterans ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.
HB-2635: Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 06/26/2017
POISE Act Prevention and Oversight of Intelligence Sharing with Enemies Act [HB-2645]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[International ]
[Defense ]
[Law Enforcement ]
POISE Act Prevention and Oversight of Intelligence Sharing with Enemies Act This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to provide the congressional intelligence committees with information about any disclosure of top secret information to a foreign country's government official, agent, or representative if the foreign country is a state sponsor of terrorism or is subject to economic sanctions by the United States. "Top secret" applies to information that when subject to unauthorized disclosure could be reasonably
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HB-2645: POISE Act Prevention and Oversight of Intelligence Sharing with Enemies Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Introduced In House on 05/24/2017
Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017 [HB-2465]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disabilities ]
Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the elimination of a specified payment cap under the Medicare program with respect to speech generating devices.
HB-2465: Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Reported By The Committee On Energy And Commerce. H. Rept. 115-469, Part I. on 12/18/2017
Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. [HR-367]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. Establishes the House Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention to investigate and report on: the causes of mass shootings, methods to improve the federal firearms purchaser background check system, connections between access to firearms and dangerously mentally ill individuals, strengthening federal penalties for trafficking and straw purchasing of firearms, closing loopholes that allow some domestic abusers continued access to firearms, linkages between firearms and suicide, gun violence's
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HR-367: Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/25/2017
Computer Science Career Education Act of 2017 [HB-2304]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Computer Science Career Education Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to consortia composed of at least one local educational agency, at least one institution of higher education (IHE), and community representatives for the development and operation of four- or six-year computer science career education programs. Each such career education program must include the development of a computer science program for both secondary and postsecondary education that: is aligned with rigorous computer science
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HB-2304: Computer Science Career Education Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Introduced In House on 05/03/2017
416d65726963612043616e20436f6465 Act of 2017 America Can Code Act of 2017 [HB-2303]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Science ]
[National Security ]
[Economic Development ]
416d65726963612043616e20436f6465 Act of 2017 America Can Code Act of 2017 This bill amends the America COMPETES Act to include computer programming language that is critical to the national security and economic competitiveness of the United States as a "critical foreign language," the study of which is included in the teacher education programs and Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate programs funded under that Act. The bill also amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to provide for: (1) state plans to
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HB-2303: 416d65726963612043616e20436f6465 Act of 2017 America Can Code Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 05/03/2017
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act [HB-2135]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also designates specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana,
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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 [HB-820]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with selected cancers that have the least effective treatments in order to achieve a better understanding of these cancers and the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2022 and revised to authorize
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HB-820: Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2017 [HB-2309]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2017 This bill repeals: (1) provisions authorizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a human resources management system for some or all of its organizational units, and (2) the authority granted to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish or modify a personnel management system for TSA employees engaged in airport security screening. Within 60 days after the enactment date of this bill: (1) any such human resources management system and all TSA personnel
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HB-2309: Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Transportation And Protective Security. on 05/17/2017