Wildfire Prevention Act of 2017 [HB-1183]
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide hazard mitigation assistance in any area affected by a fire for which fire management assistance was provided under such Act, regardless of whether a major disaster is declared. Recipients of hazard mitigation assistance may use such assistance to conduct the following activities to help reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering in any area affected by a wildfire: reseeding
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HB-1183: Wildfire Prevention Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 02/17/2017
Save America's Science Act [HB-1232]
Save America's Science Act This bill requires each federal agency to: (1) maintain each data asset of the agency, including any asset collected for the agency under a contract, in accordance with its records management program; (2) establish safeguards against the removal or loss of such assets; and (3) make any requirements and penalties related to such removal or loss known to agency officials and employees. Each agency shall: (1) notify the Archivist of the United States and Congress of any actual or threatened unlawful removal, defacing, alteration,
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HB-1232: Save America's Science Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/27/2017
PROTECT Immigration Act of 2017 Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act of 2017 [HB-1236]
PROTECT Immigration Act of 2017 Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the authority to inquire about or verify immigration or citizenship status and to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or detain an individual for a violation of such Act is restricted to immigration officers and authorized employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and subject to limits set forth in other provisions of
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HB-1236: PROTECT Immigration Act of 2017 Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/16/2017
You have voted HB-1236: PROTECT Immigration Act of 2017 Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act of 2017.
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1235]
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins in recognition and celebration of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The coins shall be in the shape of a dome, and the design on the common reverse of the coins shall depict a basketball. Treasury shall hold a competition to determine the design of the common obverse of the coins, which shall be emblematic of the game
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HB-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Signed By President. on 12/21/2018
Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017 [HB-1227]
Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that the Act's regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties do not apply to with respect to marijuana. It removes marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols from schedule I. (A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that: has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled
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HB-1227: Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/16/2017
400 Years of African-American History Commission Act [HB-1242]
400 Years of African-American History Commission Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the 400 Years of African-American History Commission to develop and carry out activities throughout the United States to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia, in 1619. The commission must: plan programs to acknowledge the impact that slavery and laws that enforced racial discrimination had on the United States; encourage civic, patriotic, historical, educational, artistic, religious, and economic
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HB-1242: 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Became Public Law No: 115-102. on 01/08/2018
BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act [HB-1243]
BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD), by no later than: (1) October 1, 2020, to complete the development, testing, and validation of human-based training methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of combat trauma injuries, with the goal of replacing live animal-based training methods; and (2) October 1, 2022, to use only use human-based training methods for such purposes. No animals may be used in such training after the latter
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HB-1243: BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Emerging Threats And Capabilities. on 03/23/2017
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017 [HB-1284]
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants to provide hospice care under Medicare.
HB-1284: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/17/2017
Vision Zero Act of 2017 [HB-1266]
Vision Zero Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award grants to a city, town, township, borough, county, parish, district, village, or other political subdivision of a state to develop a Vision Zero plan to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in its jurisdiction within a specified timeframe, not to exceed 20 years. The Department may award grants to up to five entities serving such jurisdictions, with at least 25% of grant funds going to entities that serve a jurisdiction with a population
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HB-1266: Vision Zero Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 03/02/2017