Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act [HB-1544]
Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act This bill amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase from 8,500 to 11,000 the total number of visas available for the Afghan special immigrant visa program. Such program is for Afghan translators who worked with the U.S. government or Armed Forces.
HB-1544: Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 03/31/2017
Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 [HB-1616]
Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize a National Computer Forensics Institute within the U.S. Secret Service for FY2017-FY2022. The institute shall: (1) disseminate information related to the investigation and prevention of cyber and electronic crime and related threats; and (2) educate, train, and equip state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges. Institute functions include: educating such officers, prosecutors,
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HB-1616: Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Became Public Law No: 115-76. (txt | Pdf) on 11/02/2017
Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1677]
Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017 This bill declares that it is U.S. policy to use all diplomatic and economic means to compel the government of Bashar al-Assad to halt the slaughter of the Syrian people and work toward a democratic government. The President shall prohibit, or impose conditions on, the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or payable-through account by any domestic financial institution or domestic financial agency for or on behalf of the Central Bank of Syria that is of primary money
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HB-1677: Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 620. on 10/03/2018
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1683]
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. The bill limits the issuance of such coins to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2020. The bill prescribes surcharges for coin sales, which shall be paid to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc., to help finance the construction of a new building and renovation of existing National Purple Heart
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HB-1683: National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/22/2017
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017 [HB-2569]
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017 This bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public, including health insurers and government agencies, to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the Internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers. The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate
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HB-2569: Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Norma Torres
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/02/2017
HB-2564: To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report on the personnel, training, and equipment needs of the non-federalized National Guard.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 06/16/2017
You have voted HB-2564: To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report on the personnel, training, and equipment needs of the non-federalized National Guard..
Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation's Veterans Act of 2017 [HB-1943]
Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation's Veterans Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each wheelchair furnished to a veteran because of a service-connected disability restores the maximum achievable mobility and function in the activities of daily life, employment, and recreation. The VA may furnish a wheelchair to a veteran because the wheelchair restores an ability that relates exclusively to participation in a recreational activity.
HB-1943: Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation's Veterans Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/06/2017
PRIVATE Act Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act [HB-2052]
PRIVATE Act Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit a person from knowingly and wrongfully broadcasting or distributing an intimate visual image of a private area of another individual who is at least 18 years old, who is identifiable from the image or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who does not explicitly consent, if the person knows or reasonably should have known that: the image was made under circumstances
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HB-2052: PRIVATE Act Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 05/25/2017
Protecting Lives Using Surplus Equipment Act of 2017 [HB-426]
Protecting Lives Using Surplus Equipment Act of 2017 This bill invalidates any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess federal property to state and local law enforcement agencies unless enacted by Congress. Additionally, it prohibits the use of federal funds to implement such regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy. Property that was recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, must be returned, replaced, or reissued to the state or local law enforcement
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HB-426: Protecting Lives Using Surplus Equipment Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 02/21/2017