House of Representatives

Tuesday (Postponed)

• H.R. 132: Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District Office Conveyance Act of 2017
  

Authorizes the S.o.I to move land from Arbuckle Project (OK) to Arbuckle Master Conservancy District

• H.R. 267: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017

Replaces map size of park from before

• H.R. 648: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir

Allows D.o.I to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project (provide the study, design, planning and construction activities for active storage capacity for Fontenelle Dam & Reservoir)

Wednesday

H.R. 1181: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Should judges be responsible for barring veterans with mental issues from possessing guns instead of the VA?

• H.R. 1238: Securing Our Agriculture and Food Act

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Assist. Secretary of HS for Health Affairs in charge for DHS related to food, veterinary defense against terrorism and agriculture

• H.R. 1249: DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a multiyear acquisition strategy of the DHS. (Other purposes too)

• H.R. 1252: DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017

  Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide acquisition authorities for the Under Secretary of Management of the DHS. (Other purposes too)

• H.R. 1297: Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2017

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 for technical corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of HS needs to submit quadrennial homeland security reviews. (Other purposes too)

H.R. 1302: Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017

Should the DHS plan and conduct exercises to test law enforcement for terrorist attack preparation?

• H.R. 1309: TSA Administrator Modernization Act of 2017

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and United States Code Section 114, to clarify the Administrator of the TSA and replacing Department of Transportation with Department of HS

• H.R. 1353: Transparency in Technological Acquisitions Act of 2017

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require more detailing of the 5-year strategic technology investment plan of the TSA

• H.R. 1365: Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add more detailing in the tasks for the USM

Thursday

• H.R. 1259: VA Accountability First Act of 2017

Amends Title 38 of the US Code to allow the removal/demotion of employees of the DVA if they have poor performance or misconduct

Friday

• H.R. 1367: To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Senate

Monday

• Confirmation vote to nominate Seema Verma for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.