Gun Violence Research Act [HB-1478]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Gun Violence Research Act This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to eliminate the prohibition on the Department of Health and Human Services using federal funds to advocate or promote gun control.
HB-1478: Gun Violence Research Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/10/2017
Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act [HB-1474]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Children and Youth ]
Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs. ED may contract with a nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, and administer private donations and gifts for funding the education programs. Grants may not be used to supplant nonfederal funds the grantees would otherwise have used for Holocaust education programs.
HB-1474: Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Introduced In House on 03/09/2017
Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1472]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 This bill expands eligibility for the family caregiver program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include members of the Armed Forces or veterans who are seriously injured or who became ill on active duty prior to September 11, 2001 (currently, limited to service after September 11, 2001). Services to caregivers of veterans under such program are expanded to include child care services, financial planning services, and legal services. The bill terminates the support program
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HB-1472: Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/05/2017
PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act [HB-1494]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both. It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct,
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HB-1494: PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/21/2017
SHIELD Act of 2017 Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2017 [HB-1536]
[Defense ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
SHIELD Act of 2017 Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2017 This bill requires, in the event that the U.S. public debt limit is reached, priority payment of the pay and allowances of: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserves, who perform active service; and (2) critical law enforcement officers employed by federal agencies. This bill requires the Department of the Treasury, during a period of lapsed appropriations for the Armed Forces or federal agencies employing critical law
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HB-1536: SHIELD Act of 2017 Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/05/2017
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act [HB-1588]
[Military ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the nonconsensual distribution of private sexual images. To be guilty of such offense, a person must have: knowingly broadcast or distributed a visual image of another person who is at least 18 years of age, who is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area; obtained the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person
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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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HB-1625: TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018
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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HB-1661: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017
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
Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation. [HR-218]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
[Healthcare ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation. Affirms that the U.S.-Israel economic partnership has benefitted both countries and is a foundational component of the strong alliance. Recognizes that science and technology innovation present promising new frontiers for U.S.-Israel economic cooperation, particularly in light of widespread drought, cybersecurity attacks, and other major challenges impacting the United States. Encourages the President to regularize and expand forums
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HR-218: Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 06/29/2017
Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1677]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Defense ]
Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017 This bill declares that it is U.S. policy to use all diplomatic and economic means to compel the government of Bashar al-Assad to halt the slaughter of the Syrian people and work toward a democratic government. The President shall prohibit, or impose conditions on, the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or payable-through account by any domestic financial institution or domestic financial agency for or on behalf of the Central Bank of Syria that is of primary money
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HB-1677: Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 620. on 10/03/2018