PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act [HB-1494]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both. It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct,
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HB-1494: PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/21/2017
Robert Emmet Park Act of 2017 [HB-1500]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Recreation ]
Robert Emmet Park Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill redesignates as "Robert Emmet Park" the small triangular property located at the corner of 24th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, DC, and designated by the National Park Service as reservation 302. The Department of the Interior may post signs on or near the park, including one or more on: (1) information about Robert Emmet, his contribution to Irish Independence, and his respect for the United States and the American Revolution; and (2) information about the history of the statue
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HB-1500: Robert Emmet Park Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 371. on 04/10/2018
Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act [HB-1495]
[Veterans ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act This bill changes the effective date for reductions or discontinuances of Department of Veterans Affairs dependency and indemnity compensation by reason of the death of a payee from the last day of the month before death to the last day of the month of death. A veteran's surviving spouse who receives both dependency/indemnity compensation and service- or non-service-connected disability/death payments for the month of the veteran's death shall be entitled to the greater of the two payments.
HB-1495: Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2017
Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to conservative environmental stewardship. [HR-195]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to conservative environmental stewardship. Expresses the commitment of the House of Representatives to work constructively on creating and supporting economically viable and broadly supported solutions to measured changes in global and regional climates.
HR-195: Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to conservative environmental stewardship.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 03/17/2017
Financial Transparency Act of 2017 [HB-1530]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Investments ]
Financial Transparency Act of 2017 This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and other laws to require federal financial regulatory agencies to adopt specified data standards with respect to format, searchability, and transparency.
HB-1530: Financial Transparency Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 03/23/2017
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1550]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local governments, to: (1) increase the dollar limitation on the exclusion, and (2) make the tax exclusion permanent. (Under current law, the exclusion expired in 2010.)
HB-1550: Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 03/15/2017
Native American Indian Education Act [HB-1528]
[Education ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Native American Indian Education Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Department of Education, for FY2018-FY2022, to pay Native American-serving, nontribal institutions of higher education the tuition of their out-of-state Native American students. This applies only to schools that are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American students as a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government.
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HB-1528: Native American Indian Education Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Introduced In House on 03/15/2017
Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017 [HB-1563]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to develop a patient registry to collect data on mesothelioma. The agency must use the registry to: enhance and expand infrastructure and activities for tracking the epidemiology of mesothelioma patients; collect, consolidate, and report on health information on mesothelioma patients; describe the incidence and prevalence of mesothelioma in the United States; facilitate research
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HB-1563: Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/17/2017
Expressing the continued support of the House of Representatives for the Good Friday Agreement (the Belfast Agreement). [HR-207]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
Expressing the continued support of the House of Representatives for the Good Friday Agreement (the Belfast Agreement). Reaffirms support for the Good Friday Agreement as the essential framework for the continued advancement of partnership, reconciliation, tolerance, and mutual trust, in Northern Ireland. Encourages the Irish and British governments, as well as the Northern Ireland political parties, to continue to uphold and respect the provisions of that agreement throughout the forthcoming Brexit negotiations and to ensure that future European
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HR-207: Expressing the continued support of the House of Representatives for the Good Friday Agreement (the Belfast Agreement).
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Europe, Eurasia, And Emerging Threats. on 05/18/2017
Commission to Study the Creation of a National Museum of Irish American History [HB-1596]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
Commission to Study the Creation of a National Museum of Irish American History This bill establishes a commission to study the potential for creating a National Museum of Irish American History. The commission shall report to the President and Congress on: its recommendations for a plan of action for the establishment of the museum in Washington, DC; the availability and cost of the collections to be acquired and housed; the impact of the museum on regional Irish-American-related museums; whether the museum should be located within the Smithsonian
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HB-1596: Commission to Study the Creation of a National Museum of Irish American History
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 03/27/2017