Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act [HB-1967]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to provide that provisions respecting the sales of electric power and leases of power privileges in connection with the operation of any municipal water supply project shall be an authorization in addition to and alternative to any authority in existing laws related to pumped storage hydropower development exclusively utilizing Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs.
HB-1967: Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Passed Senate With An Amendment By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S8034-8035; Text: Cr S8034-8035) on 12/22/2018
V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017 Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 [HB-1995]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017 Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to expand testing of a model of Medicare Advantage (MA) value-based insurance design that allows MA plans to propose and design benefit structures that vary benefits, cost-sharing, and supplemental benefits with respect to enrollees who have specific chronic diseases. The test model (initially being carried out in specified states) shall
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HB-1995: V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017 Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2017
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-2174]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2017 This bill establishes a three-year budgetary level reduction schedule with respect to unauthorized programs funded through the annual appropriations process. The term "budgetary level" refers to an allocation provided to the congressional appropriations committees under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by a congressional budget resolution or a deeming resolution. The schedule applies to programs included in the Congressional Budget Office's annual report listing programs that
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HB-2174: Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Rod Blum
Introduced In House on 04/26/2017
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. [HB-2340]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 through FY2017, including provisions concerning secure payments to eligible states, territories, and counties containing federal land. The bill: (1) sets forth special rules for state and county payments for FY2016, and (2) requires all FY2016 payments to be made within 45 days of enactment of this bill. No funds made available to eligible counties under such Act may be used in lieu
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HB-2340: To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 05/19/2017
HR-314: Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 05/05/2017
You have voted HR-314: Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system..
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
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 [HB-76]
[Law Enforcement ]
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. No law may exempt such a civil action from the application of the amendments made by this bill except by specific reference to these provisions.
HB-76: Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 01/05/2017
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. [HR-6]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Ethics ]
[Small Business ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Science ]
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. Elects specified Members to the House Committees on: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) the Budget; (5) Education and the Workforce; (6) Energy and Commerce; (7) Ethics; (8) Financial Services; (9) Foreign Affairs; (10) Homeland Security; (11) House Administration; (12) the Judiciary; (13) Natural Resources; (14) Oversight and Government Reform; (15) Rules; (16) Science, Space, and Technology; (17) Small Business; (18) Transportation and Infrastructure;
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HR-6: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
Electing officers of the House of Representatives. [HR-1]
[Elections ]
Electing officers of the House of Representatives. Elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Karen L. Haas as Clerk, (2) Paul D. Irving as Sergeant at Arms, (3) Philip George Kiko as Chief Administrative Officer, and (4) Father Patrick J. Conroy as Chaplain.
HR-1: Electing officers of the House of Representatives.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 [HB-26]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill states that its purpose is to increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations. (Sec. 3) The bill revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require federal agencies promulgating rules to: (1) identify and repeal or amend existing rules to completely offset any annual costs of new rules to the U.S. economy; and (2) publish information about the
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HB-26: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 115-21. on 03/29/2017