Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 [HB-391]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: prohibit the government from bearing any expense of counsel for any person in a removal or related appeal proceedings, add a requirement to establish a credible fear of persecution claim in an asylum interview, limit humanitarian and public interest parole authority, and prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using parole authority for an alien who is ineligible for refugee status. The bill amends the Homeland Security Act of
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HB-391: Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/26/2017
Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act [HB-448]
[Water ]
[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for energy conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to exclude from gross income subsidies provided (directly or indirectly): (1) by a public utility to a customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any water conservation or efficiency measure; and (2) by a storm water management provider to a customer, or by a state or local government to a resident
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HB-448: Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 01/11/2017
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2017 [HB-451]
[Taxes ]
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the federal estate tax, effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2016.
HB-451: Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/11/2017
Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 [HB-482]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 This bill nullifies: the final Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" and any successor rule substantially similar to it, and the notice relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool and any successor notice or rule substantially similar to it. No federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities
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HB-482: Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/12/2017
WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act [HB-512]
[Veterans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide each veteran who submits a claim for VA benefits with an opportunity to permit a covered congressional employee in the office of the veteran's Member of Congress to have read-only access to all of the veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration databases. A Member may designate up to two such covered congressional employees. A covered congressional employee may not be recognized
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HB-512: WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/14/2017
Grant's Law [HB-486]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Grant's Law This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require mandatory detention of any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and arrested for inadmissible or deportable crimes. The bill transfers release authority from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS may release the alien to an appropriate authority for proceedings related to the arrest, but DHS must resume custody for any period that the alien is not in custody of the appropriate authority. If the alien is not convicted
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HB-486: Grant's Law
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H964) on 02/03/2017
Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-505]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Defense ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) ensure that each border security technology acquisition program that is determined to be a major acquisition program has an acquisition program baseline approved by the relevant acquisition decision authority; (2) document that each such program is meeting the cost, schedule, and performance thresholds specified in such baseline in compliance with relevant departmental acquisition
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HB-505: Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 02/01/2017
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 [HB-490]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion: (1) without determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a fetus has a detectable heartbeat. It provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. A physician who performs
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HB-490: Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017
Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act [HB-469]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decrees or settlement agreements that require agency action, relating to a regulatory action that would affect the rights of: (1) private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. The bill sets
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HB-469: Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/26/2017
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act [HB-520]
[Mining ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[National Security ]
[Economic Development ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Trade ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act This bill addresses the mine permitting process. Under the bill, projects that provide minerals vital to job creation, energy infrastructure, American economic competitiveness, and national security must be considered to be "infrastructure projects" as described in Executive Order 13604, entitled "Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects" dated March 22, 2012. This order directed federal agencies to significantly reduce the time required to make permitting
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HB-520: National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-631. on 04/11/2018