One In, One Out Act [HB-674]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
One In, One Out Act This bill prohibits a federal agency from issuing a rule that imposes a cost or responsibility on a nongovernmental person or a state or local government unless: (1) such agency has repealed or revised one or more related rules in a way that reduces costs to the regulated entities, and (2) the cost of the new rule is less than or equal to the cost of the rules being repealed or revised. Any such repealed or revised rule must be published in the Federal Register. This bill is inapplicable to any rule that: (1) relates to procurement
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HB-674: One In, One Out Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 02/08/2017
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act [HB-660]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by Reclamation for which operations and maintenance are performed by its employees or through a contract with Reclamation) at Reclamation facilities, and to standardize and streamline data reporting
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HB-660: Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 573. on 09/17/2018
A PLUS Act Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act [HB-719]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
A PLUS Act Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act This bill allows each state to receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and manage the funds to advance the educational policy of the state. A declaration of intent must be formulated by a combination of specified state officials or by referendum and must list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. States may use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law, but must make certain assurances that they will use fiscal
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HB-719: A PLUS Act Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/27/2017
BRACE Act Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act [HB-721]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
BRACE Act Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for railroad track maintenance.
HB-721: BRACE Act Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/30/2017
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients". [HJR-39]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients". This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Health and Human Services rule regarding subrecipients of family planning grants. (Under the rule, grant recipients may prohibit an entity from receiving a subaward only for reasons related to the entity's ability to provide family planning services.)
HJR-39: Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients".
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
You have voted HJR-39: Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients"..
HJR-36: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation".
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/04/2018
You have voted HJR-36: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation"..
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 [HB-747]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Manufacturing ]
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages, to: exclude the aging period from the production period for beer, wine, or distilled spirits for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period; reduce excise tax rates on beer and distilled spirits; modify the small wine producer tax credit to increase the amount of the credit, expand the
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HB-747: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/30/2017
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule. [HJR-38]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule. This joint resolution nullifies the Stream Protection Rule finalized by the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on December 20, 2016. The rule addresses the impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface water, groundwater, and the productivity of mining operation sites.
HJR-38: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 115-5. (txt | Pdf) on 02/16/2017
HJR-43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 115-23. (txt | Pdf) on 04/13/2017
You have voted HJR-43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients..
HJR-40: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Became Public Law No: 115-8. (txt | Pdf) on 02/28/2017
You have voted HJR-40: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007..