HB-1778: To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/27/2017
You have voted HB-1778: To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes..
PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017 [HB-1847]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017 This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales,
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HB-1847: PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/31/2017
Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017 [HB-1844]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
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.
HB-1844: Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/31/2017
Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017 [HB-1891]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Food ]
[Science ]
Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017 This bill amends the Plant Protection Act to allow state, local, or tribal governments to use methyl bromide as a fumigant if: (1) the use is required to respond to an emergency concerning a significant economic loss of crops to pests or diseases, and (2) the Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not object to that use within a specified time period. The bill allows this use of methyl bromide during an emergency event regardless of whether the use is registered and included in the label approved for the product
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HB-1891: Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Biotechnology, Horticulture, And Research. on 04/24/2017
LATTS Act of 2017 Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2017 [HB-2022]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
LATTS Act of 2017 Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the sale of human tissue for research or education unless the seller has a non-transplant tissue bank license, each package of tissue is labeled with specified information, and each package is wrapped in the prescribed manner. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall establish a process for the approval, suspension, and revocation of non-transplant tissue bank licenses. False labeling of packages of human tissue is prohibited. HHS or any accrediting
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HB-2022: LATTS Act of 2017 Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Gosar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
Federal Budget Accountability Act [HB-1999]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
Federal Budget Accountability Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report annually to Congress on the effect of provisions of legislation for the previous congressional session that were enacted to offset or pay for the costs of carrying out the legislation, including provisions that increase revenue, rescind budget authority, or reduce direct spending. The OMB must also establish and report to Congress on a system to track the accuracy of the offsets and pay-fors. (Under the bill, an "offset and pay-for" is an estimate
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HB-1999: Federal Budget Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
Acre In, Acre Out Act [HB-2167]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Real Estate ]
Acre In, Acre Out Act This bill prescribes a new requirement for any acquisition of land by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that would result in a net increase of total land acreage under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Forest Service. The department concerned must offer for sale an equal number of acres of federal land that is under the same jurisdictional status. The bill exempts from this requirement any easements acquired
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HB-2167: Acre In, Acre Out Act
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 05/04/2017