BillCam

Rep. Collin Peterson

Stats

District HD-MN-7

Party Democrat

Bills Introduced 30

Sponsored Legislation

«
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
...
57
58
»

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-1750	Federal	Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to private activity bond financing for first-time farmers, to: (1) increase from $450,000 to $524,200 (adjusted annually for inflation) the amount of bond proceeds that may be used by a first-time farmer to acquire land for farming purposes, (2) repeal the separate dollar limitation on the use of bond proceeds for used farm equipment, and (3) modify the definition of "substantial farmland" to determine farm size by reference to the average (instead of median) size of a farm in the county in which the farm is located. Republican: 71% (5) Democrat: 28% (2) 71% Republican support 28% Democrat support	Taxation Agricultural Equipment And Machinery Farmland Income Tax Exclusion Inflation And Prices Securities
HB-1792	Federal	Expanding Employee Ownership Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee: (1) shares of employer securities received in a qualified employee stock distribution as compensation for services that do not exceed the lowest number of employer securities received by any employee in such distribution; (2) any gain on such securities if held by an employee for not less than 10 years; and (3) in the case of any qualified disposition of an employer security that meets such 10-year holding requirement, any gain on so much stock acquired during the 60-day period beginning on the date of such disposition as does not exceed the fair market value of the employer security so disposed. Employers may claim a tax deduction for the fair market value of securities transferred in a stock distribution. Employees must recapture in gross income the amount of employer securities excluded from gross income if such securities are disposed of within five years after receipt. Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1) 50% Republican support 50% Democrat support	Taxation Capital Gains Tax Employee Benefits And Pensions Income Tax Deductions Income Tax Exclusion Securities Wages And Earnings
HB-1776	Federal	Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act This bill amends provisions of various laws relating to prescription-drug pricing and affordability. Specifically, the bill: expands reporting requirements for drug manufacturers and establishes corresponding civil penalties for noncompliance; adds reporting requirements for certain nonprofit patient-assistance programs; requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on the impact of patient-assistance programs on prescription-drug pricing and expenditures; requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate prices for certain prescription drugs under the Medicare program; requires the GAO to report to Congress on such negotiations conducted by the CMS; requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within the CMS to test specified models for negotiating drug prices; establishes reporting requirements, and corresponding civil penalties for noncompliance, for pharmaceutical companies with respect to spikes in prescription-drug prices; establishes an excise tax on prescription drugs subject to price spikes; lessens prescription-drug cost-sharing requirements under qualified health plans, group health plans, and the Medicare program; modifies provisions related to the importation of prescription drugs; requires drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to certain low-income individuals under the Medicare program; establishes a prize fund for new and more effective treatments of bacterial infections; establishes a Center for Clinical Research within the National Institutes of Health; modifies provisions related to drug exclusivity; allows the Federal Trade Commission to initiate enforcement proceedings against parties to an agreement resolving or settling a patent-infringement claim in connection with the sale of a drug product; requires the Food and Drug Administration to establish a database of generic drugs; and modifies other provisions related to generic drugs, prescription-drug advertising, and product hopping. Democrat: 100% (24) 100% Democrat support	Health Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures Administrative Remedies Business Records Canada Cancer Civil Actions And Liability Competition And Antitrust Congressional Oversight Consumer Affairs
HB-1844	Federal	Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the VA's existing authority to furnish health care to veterans at non-VA facilities to provide health care at non-VA facilities to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest VA medical facility providing the care they seek. Democrat: 69% (23) Republican: 30% (10) 69% Democrat support 30% Republican support	Armed Forces And National Security Health Care Coverage And Access Health Facilities And Institutions Home And Outpatient Care Hospital Care Veterans' Medical Care
HB-1825	Federal	Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017 This bill allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant. Republican: 43% (79) Democrat: 56% (103) Unaffiliated: 0% (1) 43% Republican support 56% Democrat support 0% Unaffiliated support	Health Home And Outpatient Care Medicare Nursing
HB-1869	Federal	Paycheck Fairness Act This bill amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to: (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall train EEOC employees and other affected parties on wage discrimination. The bill directs the Department of Labor to: (1) establish and carry out a grant program for negotiation skills training for girls and women, (2) conduct studies to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, and (3) make available information on wage discrimination to assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination. The Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace is established for an employer who has made a substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women. The bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to issue regulations for collecting from employers compensation and other employment data according to the sex, race, and national origin of employees for use in enforcing laws prohibiting pay discrimination. Democrat: 99% (200) Independent: 0% (1) Republican: 0% (1) 99% Democrat support 0% Independent support 0% Republican support	Labor And Employment Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures Civil Actions And Liability Contracts And Agency Department Of Education Department Of Labor Employee Hiring Employment Discrimination And Employee Rights Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc) Government Information And Archives
HB-1873	Federal	Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to lands under their respective jurisdictions, to ensure that all existing and future rights-of-way for electrical transmission and distribution facilities on such lands include requirements for utility vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities that: are developed in consultation with the holder of the right-of-way; enable the owner or operator of a facility to operate and maintain it in good working order and comply with federal, state, and local electric system reliability and fire safety requirements; and minimize the need for case-by-case or annual approvals, and instead provide for expedited review and approval, for routine vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities within existing electrical transmission and distribution rights-of-way, as well as utility vegetation management activities necessary to control hazard trees within or adjacent to electrical transmission and distribution rights-of-way. Interior and USDA shall give facility owners and operators the option to submit to the appropriate agency a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan. Interior and USDA shall develop jointly a consolidated and coordinated process for review and approval of these plans. Interior and USDA shall apply its categorical exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to plans developed by this bill. (A "categorical exclusion" under the NEPA is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.) If vegetation on federal lands within, or hazard trees on federal lands adjacent to, an electrical transmission or distribution right-of-way granted by Interior or USDA has contacted, or is in imminent danger of contacting, one or more electric transmission or distribution lines, the owner or operator: may prune or remove the vegetation or hazard tree to avoid disruption of electric service and risk of fire, and shall notify the local agent of the relevant agency within 24 hours after such removal. The owner or operator of a transmission or distribution facility, after notifying Interior or USDA, as appropriate, may also conduct vegetation management activities on federal lands to meet clearance requirements under standards established by the Electric Reliability Organization or by state and local authorities. An owner or operator of a transmission or distribution facility shall not be held liable for wildfire damage, loss, or injury, including the cost of fire suppression, if Interior or USDA fails to allow it to: operate consistently with an approved vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan on federal lands within or adjacent to a right-of-way to comply with federal, state, or local electric system reliability and fire safety standards; or perform vegetation management activities in response to a hazard tree or a tree in imminent danger of contacting the owner's or operator's transmission or distribution facility. Interior and USDA may develop a program to train their personnel involved in vegetation management decisions on rights-of-way relating to transmission and distribution facilities. Interior and USDA shall prescribe regulations, or amend existing regulations, to implement this bill. An owner or operator does not have to develop and submit a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan if one has already been approved by Interior or USDA before the enactment of this bill. (Sec. 3) This bill shall not detract from the availability of funds or other resources for wild-fire suppression. Republican: 71% (15) Democrat: 28% (6) 71% Republican support 28% Democrat support	Public Lands And Natural Resources Electric Power Generation And Transmission Environmental Assessment, Monitoring, Research Forests, Forestry, Trees Land Use And Conservation Property Rights
HB-1902	Federal	Social Security 2100 Act Democrat: 99% (174) Independent: 0% (1) 99% Democrat support 0% Independent support	Social Welfare Aging Disability Assistance Employment Taxes Government Trust Funds Inflation And Prices Interest, Dividends, Interest Rates Self-employed Social Security And Elderly Assistance Wages And Earnings
HB-1955	Federal	Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals. Republican: 64% (34) Democrat: 35% (19) 64% Republican support 35% Democrat support	Health Health Care Coverage And Access Health Facilities And Institutions Hospital Care Medicare Rural Conditions And Development
HB-1972	Federal	VA Billing Accountability Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to waive the requirement that a veteran make copayments for medication, hospital care, nursing home care, or medical services if the veteran received copayment notification more than 180 days after the medical service or receipt of medication and such delay was caused by VA error. In requiring a veteran to make a copayment for medical services, the VA shall notify the veteran within 180 days (18 months in the case of a non-VA facility) of the service. If the VA does not provide such notification, it may not collect the payment unless the veteran is provided with an opportunity to apply for a waiver or establish a payment plan. The VA shall review and improve its copayment billing internal controls and notification procedures. Republican: 91% (45) Democrat: 6% (3) Unaffiliated: 2% (1) 91% Republican support 6% Democrat support 2% Unaffiliated support	Armed Forces And National Security Debt Collection Hospital Care Long-term, Rehabilitative, And Terminal Care Veterans' Medical Care

Title: Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1750

Subjects: Taxation, Agricultural Equipment And Machinery, Farmland, Income Tax Exclusion, Inflation And Prices, Securities

Republican: 71% (5) Democrat: 28% (2)

Title: Expanding Employee Ownership Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1792

Subjects: Taxation, Capital Gains Tax, Employee Benefits And Pensions, Income Tax Deductions, Income Tax Exclusion, Securities, Wages And Earnings

Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1)

Title: Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1776

Subjects: Health, Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures, Administrative Remedies, Business Records, Canada, Cancer, Civil Actions And Liability, Competition And Antitrust, Congressional Oversight, Consumer Affairs

Democrat: 100% (24)

Title: Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1844

Subjects: Armed Forces And National Security, Health Care Coverage And Access, Health Facilities And Institutions, Home And Outpatient Care, Hospital Care, Veterans' Medical Care

Democrat: 69% (23) Republican: 30% (10)

Title: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1825

Subjects: Health, Home And Outpatient Care, Medicare, Nursing

Republican: 43% (79) Democrat: 56% (103) Unaffiliated: 0% (1)

Title: Paycheck Fairness Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1869

Subjects: Labor And Employment, Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures, Civil Actions And Liability, Contracts And Agency, Department Of Education, Department Of Labor, Employee Hiring, Employment Discrimination And Employee Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc), Government Information And Archives

Democrat: 99% (200) Independent: 0% (1) Republican: 0% (1)

Title: Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1873

Subjects: Public Lands And Natural Resources, Electric Power Generation And Transmission, Environmental Assessment, Monitoring, Research, Forests, Forestry, Trees, Land Use And Conservation, Property Rights

Republican: 71% (15) Democrat: 28% (6)

Title: Social Security 2100 Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1902

Subjects: Social Welfare, Aging, Disability Assistance, Employment Taxes, Government Trust Funds, Inflation And Prices, Interest, Dividends, Interest Rates, Self-employed, Social Security And Elderly Assistance, Wages And Earnings

Democrat: 99% (174) Independent: 0% (1)

Title: Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1955

Subjects: Health, Health Care Coverage And Access, Health Facilities And Institutions, Hospital Care, Medicare, Rural Conditions And Development

Republican: 64% (34) Democrat: 35% (19)

Title: VA Billing Accountability Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1972

Subjects: Armed Forces And National Security, Debt Collection, Hospital Care, Long-term, Rehabilitative, And Terminal Care, Veterans' Medical Care

Republican: 91% (45) Democrat: 6% (3) Unaffiliated: 2% (1)

«
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
...
57
58
»