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Bill· SS. 1196 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2017
Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017 This bill directs the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to use Department of Defense (DOD) policies to accelerate the development, testing, and fielding of the redesigned kill vehicle, the multi-object kill vehicle, the C3 booster, a space-based sensor layer, an airborne laser on unmanned aerial vehicles, and an additional missile defense site, including the completion of any outstanding environmental impact statements for an additional missile defense site on the east coast or in the midwest regions of the United States. DOD shall, subject to National Missile Defense funding, increase the number of U.S. ground-based interceptors by 28. The MDA shall report to Congress on: (1) infrastructure requirements to increase the number of ground-based interceptors at Missile Field 1 and Missile Field 2 at Fort Greely to 20 ground-based interceptors each, (2) increasing the capacity of the ground-based mid-course defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, (3) the status of the integrated layers of missile defense radars, and (4) a revised missile defense testing campaign plan that accelerates the development and deployment of new missile defense technologies. DOD, by December 31, 2021, shall: (1) execute any requisite construction to ensure that such missile fields or alternative fields at Fort Greely are capable of supporting and sustaining additional ground-based interceptors, (2) deploy 14 additional ground-based interceptors to field 1 or an alternative field at as soon as technically feasible, and (3) identify a ground-based interceptor stockpile storage site for a minimum of 14 ground-based interceptors. The MDA shall develop, test, and deploy a highly reliable space-based missile defense sensor architecture for the ground-based midcourse defense system that provides specified functions and capabilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 2568 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 2017
Appalachian Ethane Storage Hub Study Act This bill directs the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce to study the feasibility of establishing an ethane storage and distribution hub in the Marcellus, Utica, and Rogersville shale plays located in the Appalachian region of the United States. The study must include potential locations for the hub, the economic feasibility and benefits of the project, infrastructure needs, and potential benefits of the hub to energy security.
Bill· HRH.R. 2547 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017
Veterans Expanded Trucking Opportunities Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fast Act to require the medical professional who may perform a medical examination and provide a medical certificate for purposes of compliance with requirements for operation of a commercial motor vehicle to be a "qualified examiner" who: is employed in the Department of Veterans Affairs as an advanced practice nurse, doctor of chiropractic, doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, physician assistant, or other medical professional; and is licensed, certified, or registered in a state to perform physical examinations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2518 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) unmanned aircraft systems, and (4) ports and waterways safety. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast Guard, including Coast Guard health care professionals; incentive contracts for Coast Guard Yard or Coast Guard industrial establishments; contracting for major acquisition programs; National Security Cutters; vessel operations; numbering for undocumented barges; drawbridges; the alternate safety compliance program; visual distress signals; vessel certification; the land-based enhanced LORAN, positioning, navigation, and timing system; the installation and use of engine cut-off switches on recreational vessels; commercial fishing vessel classification requirements; aids to navigation; maritime domain awareness technologies; and towing vessel inspections.
Bill· HRH.R. 2514 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017
Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act or the FASTER Act This bill repeals the requirement that a portion of aviation security service fees collected from passengers be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
Bill· HRH.R. 2529 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017
National Intersection and Interchange Safety Construction Program Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national intersection and interchange safety construction grant program. DOT may make competitive grants to a state or local government, U.S. territory, tribal government, or metropolitan planning organization for projects that: are eligible for federal-aid highway funding, and will improve the safety of intersections or interchanges on the National Highway System that are used by an average of 50,000 vehicles a day and that are in immediate need of safety improvement. The aggregate grant amount provided to an entity in a fiscal year shall not exceed 5% of the amount available for all grants under the program in that fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 1186 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017
Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate state-operated maritime training centers and community and technical colleges with a maritime training program that are located in the United States along the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Artic Ocean, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, or Great Lakes as centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education. DOT may provide to such centers: (1) technical assistance to assist them in expanding their capacity to train the U.S. maritime workforce, and (2) surplus federal equipment and assets.
Bill· SS. 1173 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017
Child Custody Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to one year in prison, or both. The bill provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a minor whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or condition. This bill also prohibits and imposes criminal penalties on an individual who commits incest with a minor and knowingly transports the minor across a state line to receive an abortion.
Bill· HRH.R. 2479 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act This bill authorizes appropriations for the nation's infrastructure, including appropriations for: secure broadband internet access, with a prioritization on expanding broadband access in unserved areas; drinking water improvements, such as appropriations for the drinking water state revolving fund and programs for reducing lead in drinking water; the electric power grid, with a focus on grid modernization, security, resiliency, and efficiency; energy efficiency in buildings, including homes and schools; incentives for natural gas distribution companies to improve the public safety and environmental performance of the natural gas distribution system (e.g., pipeline replacements); the deployment of renewable energy systems; the incorporation of clean energy into community development and revitalization efforts; revitalization of brownfield sites (commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant); hospital infrastructure, with a prioritization given to projects that include cybersecurity; outpatient health care facilities in the Indian Health Service; and the improvement, renovation, or modernization of the infrastructure at clinical laboratories, teaching health centers, or behavioral health care centers. In addition, the bill reauthorizes funding for: (1) a diesel emissions reduction program for certain diesel vehicles or fleets, (2) ensuring the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is operated and maintained in an environmentally sound manner; and (3) establishing a Southeast Refined Product Reserve to mitigate the impacts of a severe energy supply interruption in the Southeast.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 334 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
Urges the United States to promote and advance the modernization of its energy delivery infrastructure and bolster the reliability, affordability, diversity, efficiency, security, and resiliency of domestic energy supplies through advanced grid technology.
Bill· HRH.R. 2485 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
Airplane Kids In Transit Safety Act of 2017 or the Airplane KITS Act This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) consider whether federal regulations covering minimum contents of approved emergency medical kits, including first-aid kits, for passenger aircraft include appropriate medications and equipment to meet the emergency medical needs of children; and (2) revise regulations as appropriate.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 330 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
Directs the following House Committees to review laws within their jurisdiction and submit to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform changes in them sufficient to eliminate excessive executive branch discretion in their application: Agriculture; Armed Services; the Budget; Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce; Financial Services; Foreign Affairs; the Judiciary; Natural Resources; Oversight and Government Reform; Science, Space, and Technology; Small Business; Transportation and Infrastructure; Veterans Affairs; Ways and Means; and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Requires the Committee, upon receiving all the recommendations, to expeditiously report legislation titled the "Article One Restoration Act" that carries out all such recommendations without any substantive revision.
Bill· SS. 1169 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to adults for residential addiction treatment facility services under the Medicaid program if such services are offered as part of a full continuum of evidence-based treatment services. "Residential addiction treatment facility services" are medically necessary inpatient services provided in an accredited, size-limited facility for the purpose of treating a substance use disorder within a specified time period. The provision of medical assistance for such services to an individual shall not prohibit federal financial participation for medical assistance with respect to other services provided to the individual within the same time period. Subject to specified conditions, a woman who is eligible for medical assistance on the basis of being pregnant may remain eligible for residential addiction treatment facility services for specified time periods without regard to eligibility limits that would otherwise apply as a result of her pregnancy ending. In addition, the bill establishes a grant program for states to expand infrastructure and treatment capabilities of existing youth addiction treatment facilities that: (1) provide addiction treatment services to youths under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and (2) are located in communities with high numbers of medically underserved populations of at-risk youths. At least 15% of grant funds awarded to a state must be used for making payments to rural facilities.
Bill· SS. 1168 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment Act or the BRIDGE Act This bill establishes the Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide direct loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities to facilitate the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of transportation, water, and energy infrastructure projects. Such projects shall have costs reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $50 million ($10 million for rural infrastructure projects). The bill establishes an Office of Technical and Rural Assistance and an Office of Special Inspector General for the IFA. The bill prohibits IFA financing of a project if: it is private or does not create a public benefit, or the loan applicant is unable to demonstrate a sufficient revenue stream. The bill establishes within the IFA the Project Delivery Task Force to establish and coordinate a permitting timetable for the environmental review of a project. The Chief Executive Officer of the IFA shall: establish fees with respect to loans and loan guarantees that are sufficient to cover the IFA's administrative costs; and take actions to make the IFA a self-sustaining entity, with administrative and federal credit subsidy costs fully funded by fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $15 billion to $16 billion the aggregate amount of proceeds from tax-exempt facility bonds that the Department of Transportation shall allocate among qualified highway or surface freight transfer facilities.
Bill· SS. 1167 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
Airplane Kids In Transit Safety Act of 2017 or the Airplane KITS Act This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) consider whether federal regulations covering minimum contents of approved emergency medical kits, including first-aid kits, for passenger aircraft include appropriate medications and equipment to meet the emergency medical needs of children; and (2) revise regulations as appropriate.
Bill· SS. 1156 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
School Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rehabilitation expenditures for any building which is a qualified public educational facility to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit. A "qualified public educational facility" is a school facility which is part of a public elementary or secondary school and is owned by a private, for-profit corporation pursuant to a public-private partnership agreement with a state or local educational agency.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 171 (115th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017
Supports the goals and ideals of National Travel and Tourism Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 2470 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2017
Homeland Threat Assessment Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis to assess the terrorist threat to the homeland for each of the next five fiscal years. Each assessment shall include: empirical data assessing terrorist activities and incidents over time in the United States; an evaluation of current and future terrorist tactics; an assessment of criminal activity suspected of financing terrorist activity; detailed information on all individuals denied entry to or removed from the United States as a result of material support provided to a foreign terrorist organization; the efficacy and spread of foreign terrorist organization propaganda, messaging, or recruitment; an assessment of threats, including cyber threats, to the homeland, including to critical infrastructure and federal civilian networks; an assessment of terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to unlawfully enter the United States; and an assessment of threats to the transportation sector.
Bill· HRH.R. 2443 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2017
Department of Homeland Security Classified Facility Inventory Act This bill requires the Chief Security Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) maintain an inventory of all facilities certified by DHS to host infrastructure or systems classified above the "secret" level, and (2) update such inventory on a regular basis. The inventory shall include the location, operating entities, and date of establishment of such facilities. Such officer, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, may share the inventory with appropriate DHS component agencies and field personnel and appropriate state, local, tribal, and territorial personnel eligible to apply for a "top secret" security clearance sponsored by DHS.
Bill· HRH.R. 2462 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2017
Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2017 or the SAFE Bridges Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to assist states to rehabilitate or replace bridges found to be structurally deficient. States shall use apportioned program funds for projects to rehabilitate and replace such bridges. The federal share of project costs is 100%. Prevailing rate of wage requirements for construction of federal-aid highways projects shall apply to such projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 2460 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2017
This bill allows the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require that each motor vehicle manufacturer provide the following information, with regard to a specific vehicle identification number: each original equipment manufacturer (OEM) part name included within the vehicle, including a description, number (including any superceded and successor OEM part number), any other part identification number (such as a serial number) and distinguishing marking, and software of each part; build sheet information; and additional information as determined by DOT. Each motor vehicle manufacturer shall provide access to such information on a website to the motor vehicle owner and any potential purchaser of the motor vehicle.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 326 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2017
Calls upon the people of the United States to observe Infrastructure Week with appropriate advocacy, programs, and activities. Celebrates the dedication and contributions of the contractors and small business owners that will take part in future infrastructure projects across the nation.
Bill· SS. 1129 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2017
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) contracts to procure three National Security Cutters, and (4) the Coast Guard Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast Guard, including Coast Guard advisory committees, numbering for undocumented barges, aids to navigation, requirements for personal flotation devices, the alternate safety compliance program, vessel certification, the installation and use of engine cut-off switches on recreational vessels, visual distress signals for recreational boats, auxiliary craft requirements, the Coast Guard's inland waterway and river tenders fleet, arctic planning, maritime security, acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority, drawbridges, incentive contracts for Coast Guard Yard or Coast Guard industrial establishments, Coast Guard health care professionals, land exchanges, shipyards, and waivers for certain contracts.
Bill· SS. 1137 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2017
Clean Safe Reliable Water Infrastructure Act This bill urges Congress to provide robust funding of capitalization grants to states for state drinking water revolving funds and state clean water revolving funds. The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) make the implementation of source water protection plans an eligible use of assistance from a drinking water state revolving fund; and (2) apply requirements concerning the selection of architects and engineers to contracts funded by state revolving funds, if the assistance is for a community with a population of more than 10,000. The bill provides statutory authority for the Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense Program that allows water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services to bear a "WaterSense" label. The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2021 the grant program for addressing combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, and stormwater discharges.
Bill· SS. 1126 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2017
Securing the Border and Protecting Our Communities Act This bill prohibits any sanctuary jurisdiction from receiving any federal infrastructure or transportation funds authorized under: (1) the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grant program, (2) the Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-Term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) grant program, or (3) the surface transportation block grant program. Funds that are not allocated to a sanctuary jurisdiction because of such prohibition shall be available for activities carried out under the Secure Fence Act of 2006. "Sanctuary jurisdiction" is defined as a state or state political subdivision that the Department of Justice determines has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that: (1) prohibits or interferes with a government entity or official or a person sharing information with federal immigration authorities regarding an individual's immigration status; (2) prohibits any government entity or official from complying with a lawfully-issued Department of Homeland security detainer or notification request concerning the release of an alien; or (3) restricts a person's ability to bid for or be awarded a contract or otherwise retaliates against a person that assists in construction activity pursuant to the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
Bill· SS. 1119 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2017
Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017 This bill reauthorizes appropriations through FY2019 for the Federal Maritime Commission. It also authorizes the commission to enter into a cooperative agreement with private entities to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of an internet-based national seaport information portal to increase overall supply chain visibility, reliability, and resilience with respect to international ocean shipping.
Bill· SS. 1096 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2017
Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2018 This bill addresses several aspects of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), including eliminating the limitation on the number of contractors that can provide services as adjunct professors in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; authorizing MARAD to accept a qualified guarantee from a donor or donors for the completion of a major project for the benefit of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; authorizing MARAD to pay all necessary expenses in connection with the conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; requiring MARAD to ensure that each cadet from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy who is participating in the Sea Year program is provided a functional satellite communication device; and authorizing MARAD to provide assistance to small shipyards for capital improvements and for maritime training programs to foster technical skills and operational productivity relating to shipbuilding, ship repair, and associated industries.
Bill· SS. 1110 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2017
Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to approve a grant application for an airport development project only if the DOT receives written assurances that the owner or operator of a large or medium hub airport will maintain a lactation area at each passenger terminal building of the airport behind the airport security screening area. The bill defines "lactation area" to mean a room or other location in a commercial service airport for members of the public to express breast milk that: is shielded from view and free from intrusion from the public; has a door that can be locked; includes a place to sit, a table or other flat surface, and an electrical outlet; is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; and is not located in a restroom. DOT may approve a terminal development project for the construction or installation of a lactation area at a commercial service airport.
Bill· SS. 1100 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2017
Small Shipyards and Maritime Communities Act This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2020 the small shipyards program to provide assistance (1) to small shipyards for capital improvements and (2) for maritime training programs to foster technical skills and operational productivity relating to shipbuilding, ship repair, and associated industries. In providing assistance under the program, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) must take into account the economic circumstances and conditions of maritime communities. Grants may be used for a project only if the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used for the project are produced in the United States, except where MARAD waives such requirements.
Bill· SS. 1092 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2017
Interstate Transport Act of 2017 This bill permits an individual to transport a knife for any lawful purpose between two places (e.g., states) where it is legal to possess and carry such knife. The individual must comply with specified requirements. The bill prohibits the arrest or detention of an individual for a knife violation unless there is probable cause to believe the individual failed to comply with specified requirements. An individual may assert compliance with this bill's requirements as a claim or defense in any civil or criminal action or proceeding.
Bill· SS. 1075 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2017
Appalachian Ethane Storage Hub Study Act This bill directs the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce to study the feasibility of establishing an ethane storage and distribution hub in the Marcellus, Utica, and Rogersville shale plays located in the Appalachian region of the United States. The study must include potential locations for the hub, the economic feasibility and benefits of the project, infrastructure needs, and potential benefits of the hub to energy security.
Bill· SS. 1065 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2017
This bill designates Union Station, located at 40 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC, as the "Harry S. Truman Union Station."
Bill· SS. 1046 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2017
Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act This bill amends the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (LCLA) to require implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Lincoln County, Nevada. Both the LCLA and the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (LCCRDA) are amended to make certain amounts available for comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction projects and wildfire prevention planning activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper dominated landscapes) and other rangeland and woodland restoration projects within the county, consistent with the Ely Resource Management Plan or subsequent revisions or amendments to it. The bill requires cooperative agreements between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Lincoln County for certain county-provided law enforcement and planning-related activities approved by the Department of the Interior. Certain portions of land sale proceeds returned to the County under the LCLA and the LCCRDA shall be used for economic development. Under the LCCRDA Interior shall realign a specified portion of a 2,640-foot wide utility corridor. The bill: affirms and validates patent number 27-2005-0081 issued by the BLM on February 18, 2005, for the benefit of the desert tortoise, other species, and their habitats, to increase the likelihood of their recovery; and ratifies the processes used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM in reconfiguring the land covered by the patent. The BLM may issue a corrective patent for 7,548 specified acres of land in Lincoln County. The bill amends the Pam White Wilderness Act to adjust the boundary of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness to include specified lands, and the boundary of the High Schells Wilderness to include and exclude specified lands. The bill amends the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989 to adjust the boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness to exclude specified land. The bill amends the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 to require the portions of the proceeds from certain BLM land sales in White Pine County that are: paid to the county to also be used for municipal water and sewer infrastructure, public electric transmission facilities, and public broadband infrastructure; and deposited into the White Pine County Special Account, to be used by Interior for processing public land use authorizations and rights-of-way relating to the development of the land conveyed to the county under such Act, with an emphasis on authorizations and rights-of-way relating to any infrastructure needed for the expansion of the White Pine County Industrial Park. The bill further amends such Act to: (1) instruct, by December 31, 2018, the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior, to convey certain lands to White Pine County, without consideration, in accordance with such Act, and if the conveyance has not been completed by such deadline, to immediately convey them to the county; and (2) allow the county, after the conveyance of those lands, to sell, lease, or convey the portion to be used for nonresidential development related to the expansion of Ely Airport and the industrial park, consistent with section 244 of the Nevada Revised Statutes effective as of this bill's enactment (currently, through a competitive bidding process).
Bill· HRH.R. 2374 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2017
Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act This bill amends the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (LCLA) to require implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Lincoln County, Nevada. Both the LCLA and the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (LCCRDA) are amended to make certain amounts available for comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction projects and wildfire prevention planning activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper dominated landscapes) and other rangeland and woodland restoration projects within the county, consistent with the Ely Resource Management Plan or subsequent revisions or amendments to it. The bill requires cooperative agreements between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Lincoln County for certain county-provided law enforcement and planning-related activities approved by the Department of the Interior. Certain portions of land sale proceeds returned to the County under the LCLA and the LCCRDA shall be used for economic development. Under the LCCRDA Interior shall realign a specified portion of a 2,640-foot wide utility corridor. The bill: affirms and validates patent number 27-2005-0081 issued by the BLM on February 18, 2005, for the benefit of the desert tortoise, other species, and their habitats, to increase the likelihood of their recovery; and ratifies the processes used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM in reconfiguring the land covered by the patent. The BLM may issue a corrective patent for 7,548 specified acres of land in Lincoln County. The bill amends the Pam White Wilderness Act to adjust the boundary of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness to include specified lands, and the boundary of the High Schells Wilderness to include and exclude specified lands. The bill amends the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989 to adjust the boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness to exclude specified land. The bill amends the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 to require the portions of the proceeds from certain BLM land sales in White Pine County that are: paid to the county to also be used for municipal water and sewer infrastructure, public electric transmission facilities, and public broadband infrastructure; and deposited into the White Pine County Special Account, to be used by Interior for processing public land use authorizations and rights-of-way relating to the development of the land conveyed to the county under such Act, with an emphasis on authorizations and rights-of-way relating to any infrastructure needed for the expansion of the White Pine County Industrial Park. The bill further amends such Act to: (1) instruct, by December 31, 2018, the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior, to convey certain lands to White Pine County, without consideration, in accordance with such Act, and if the conveyance has not been completed by such deadline, to immediately convey them to the county; and (2) allow the county, after the conveyance of those lands, to sell, lease, or convey the portion to be used for nonresidential development related to the expansion of Ely Airport and the industrial park, consistent with section 244 of the Nevada Revised Statutes effective as of this bill's enactment (currently, through a competitive bidding process).
Bill· HRH.R. 2381 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2017
Autocycle Safety Act This bill applies specified interim automotive and motorcycle safety standards to autocycles until at most three years after enactment of this bill, by which time the Department of Transportation shall issue appropriate final rules, interpretations, and test procedures. The bill defines "autocycle" as a motorcycle with three wheels in contact with the ground, front-wheel drive, a fully enclosed occupant compartment, and a steering wheel and which is subject to applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 2375 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2017
Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to approve a grant application for an airport development project only if the DOT receives written assurances that the owner or operator of a large or medium hub airport will maintain a lactation area at each passenger terminal building of the airport behind the airport security screening area. The bill defines "lactation area" to mean a room or other location in a commercial service airport for members of the public to express breast milk that: is shielded from view and free from intrusion from the public; has a door that can be locked; includes a place to sit, a table or other flat surface, and an electrical outlet; is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; and is not located in a restroom. DOT may approve a terminal development project for the construction or installation of a lactation area at a commercial service airport.
Bill· HRH.R. 2355 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2017
Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow municipalities to develop a plan that integrates wastewater and stormwater management. A permit for a municipal discharge under the national pollutant discharge elimination system that incorporates an integrated plan may integrate all requirements under the Act addressed in the plan. Those permits may include a schedule of compliance that allows actions for meeting water quality-based effluent limitations to be implemented over more than one permit term if the compliance schedules are authorized by state water quality standards. Those actions may include implementing green infrastructure as part of a water quality-based effluent limitation. (Green infrastructure includes measures that mimic natural processes to store, reuse, or reduce stormwater.) The bill establishes an Office of the Municipal Ombudsman in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide: (1) technical assistance to municipalities seeking to comply with the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act, and (2) information to the EPA to ensure that agency policies are implemented by all EPA offices. The EPA must ensure that specified EPA offices promote the integration of green infrastructure into permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance. The bill establishes requirements for revising the EPA's 1997 guidance about combined sewer overflows, including by setting forth criteria for determining the ability of households to pay utility bills. (Combined sewer systems collect rainwater, sewage, and industrial wastewater into one pipe. During storms, the combined wastewater sometimes exceeds the capacity of the treatment plant. When this occurs, combined sewer overflows discharge directly into water bodies.)
Bill· HRH.R. 2391 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2017
Highway Restoration Act of 201 7 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a phaseout of the Mass Transit Account by the end of FY2021. Beginning in FY2022, no funds would be transferred to the account from the Highway Trust Fund.
Bill· SS. 1039 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2017
Subject to available appropriations, the Department of Homeland Security shall be responsible to pay the costs of any legally-cognizable injuries to third parties by any state or local law enforcement officer resulting from a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to temporarily detain an alien or transport the alien to a federal detention center. Nothing in this bill shall be construed to preclude a legal cause of action.
Bill· SS. 1037 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2017
Forbid Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous Fees Act of 2017 or the FAIR Fees Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to prescribe regulations: (1) prohibiting an air carrier from imposing any specified fees relating to a flight in interstate air transportation that are unreasonable or disproportional to the costs it incurs, and (2) establishing standards for assessing whether such fees are reasonable and proportional to those costs.
Bill· HRH.R. 2309 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2017
Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2017 This bill repeals: (1) provisions authorizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a human resources management system for some or all of its organizational units, and (2) the authority granted to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish or modify a personnel management system for TSA employees engaged in airport security screening. Within 60 days after the enactment date of this bill: (1) any such human resources management system and all TSA personnel management policies, letters, guidelines, and directives shall cease to be effective, and (2) all TSA positions and DHS positions that provide transportation security in furtherance of the purposes of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act shall become subject to general civil service provisions. This bill sets forth transition rules that protect the pay rates and other rights of such employees. Any collective bargaining agreement on the effective date of this legislation shall remain in effect. DHS shall consult with the labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority to carry out the conversion of such positions. The provisions of this bill do not affect the prohibitions against disloyalty and asserting the right to strike against the federal government.
Bill· HRH.R. 2349 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2017
Hands off Passengers Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to modify a federal regulation relating to oversold flights to prohibit the involuntary deplaning of, or denial of boarding a flight by, any passenger holding a confirmed reserved seat on an oversold flight to accommodate a member of the air carrier's flight crew or staff.
Bill· HRH.R. 2347 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2017
Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to establish a regional infrastructure accelerator (RIA) program to provide initial and subsequent grants to RIAs to facilitate investment in, and long-term financing of, economically viable covered infrastructure projects. An "RIA" is defined as a multi-jurisdictional organization dedicated to providing technical assistance, financing options, and resources for covered infrastructure projects within the represented jurisdictions. A "covered infrastructure project" is defined as a project sponsored by a state, local, or regional public entity that involves the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of rail, bus, or public transportation facilities or equipment, highway facilities (including bridges and tunnels), airports, port or marine facilities and equipment, pipelines, inland waterways, intermodal facilities and equipment, water treatment and solid waste disposal facilities, storm water management systems, dams and levees, and facilities or equipment for energy transmission, distribution, or storage. From applications received, Treasury shall select five RIAs from geographically diverse regions to receive initial grants. An RIA shall use such a grant to: assess regional approaches for advancing innovative investment in covered infrastructure projects; develop strategies for transparency in the analysis of such projects to ensure protection of the public interest, for the bundling of smaller scale and rural projects into larger covered infrastructure projects to facilitate transactions and investments, and for reducing transaction costs associated with investments in such projects; facilitate the creation of a catalog of covered infrastructure projects available for investment; and analyze and apply project procurement methods for covered infrastructure projects. Treasury shall review final reports submitted by RIAs and select four of them to receive subsequent grants. A selected RIA shall use such subsequent grant to make subgrants to public entities for costs associated with a covered infrastructure project.
Bill· HRH.R. 2329 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2017
Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program to award grants to state and local governments, transit agencies, and port authorities for certain public transportation projects (including water infrastructure projects) that will significantly impact a metropolitan area, a region, or all of the United States. The federal share of project costs is 100%. The iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in projects funded under this bill must have been produced in the United States, except in specified circumstances. DOT shall coordinate with relevant federal departments and agencies to ensure that environmental reviews are made in a manner that accelerates delivery of such projects. The Department of the Treasury shall establish a Nation Building Here at Home Financing Initiative.
Bill· HRH.R. 2348 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2017
American Infrastructure Opportunity Bonds Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, when the real rate (the interest rate on outstanding marketable U.S. obligations with remaining maturity periods of approximately one year minus the inflation rate) equals zero percent or less, to: issue government bonds (American Infrastructure Opportunity Bonds) with a face value of $20 billion; and deposit amounts equivalent to the proceeds from such issuance into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), of which 20% shall be deposited into the Mass Transit Account.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 313 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2017
Responsible Environmental Preservation and American Infrastructure Restoration Resolution or the REPAIR Resolution Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude from the definition of "congressional earmark" a provision or report language that provides, authorizes, or recommends an amount of discretionary budget authority for a project of the Corps of Engineers or the Bureau of Reclamation.
Bill· SS. 1012 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2017
New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2017 This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out a water acquisition program in specified basins in New Mexico, under which Reclamation shall: (1) make acquisitions of water by lease or purchase of water rights or contractual entitlements from willing lessors or sellers, consistent with the Rio Grande Compact and applicable state water rights law; and (2) take other actions to enhance stream flow to benefit fish and wildlife (including endangered species), water quality, and river ecosystem restoration and to enhance stewardship and conservation of working land, water, and watersheds. Reclamation, in cooperation with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, may provide funding and technical assistance for the installation of metering and measurement devices and the construction of check structures to: (1) ensure the conservation and efficient use of water by reducing actual consumptive use or by not increasing the use of water, and (2) improve the measurement and allocation of water. Reclamation shall develop a comprehensive plan for the San Acacia and Isleta Reaches. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shall continue, for five years after enactment of this bill, the temporary deviation in the operation of Cochiti Lake and Jemez Canyon Dam that was initiated in 2009 and terminated in 2013, to evaluate the benefits of the deviation. The bill authorizes financial assistance to be made available for eligible water projects to help western states and tribal governments address drought-related impacts to water supplies or any other immediate water-related crisis or conflict. The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 is amended to: (1) authorize the use of water management improvement grants to assist applicants in planning for or addressing the impacts of drought, and (2) reauthorize for FY2017-FY2025 the Rio Grande Pueblo Irrigation infrastructure grant program.. The Department of Agriculture may allocate certain financial assistance made available under the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish special conservation initiatives at the local, state, or regional level to assist producers in implementing eligible activities on agricultural land in the western states for: (1) mitigating the effects of drought; (2) improving water quality and quantity; (3) restoring, enhancing, and preserving fish and wildlife habitat; and (4) promoting innovative and collaborative conservation tools and approaches.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 306 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2017
Recognizes the impact of tribology (a study that deals with the design, friction, wear, and lubrication of interacting surfaces in relative motion) on the United States economy and competitiveness in providing solutions to critical technical problems in various industries. Encourages federal agencies to develop and implement programs related to tribology. Encourages the formation of public-private partnerships to advance fundamental research and accelerate the development of tribology-related products. Encourages the National Academy of Engineering to conduct a survey on the status of tribology research in academia and government laboratories and to recommend a course of action to accelerate innovations in tribology.
Bill· HRH.R. 2286 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2017
Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate state-operated maritime training centers and community and technical colleges with a maritime training program that are located in the United States along the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Artic Ocean, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, or Great Lakes as centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education. DOT may provide technical assistance, surplus federal equipment and assets, and funding to such centers to support a maritime workforce program and assist such centers in expanding their capacity to train the U.S. maritime workforce.
Bill· SS. 995 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2017
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act This bill establishes the Spokane Tribe of Indians Recovery Trust Fund to compensate the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam. The council must prepare a plan for the use of those payments to promote any combination of: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the tribe and its members. The Bonneville Power Administration must make specified settlement payments to the tribe. Payments made to the council or tribe may be used or invested by the council in the same manner as other tribal governmental funds. Deposit of amounts in the fund extinguishes all monetary claims that the tribe may have against the United States to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.