House of Representatives

Monday

H.R. 382: 100 Years of Women in Congress Act

• Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade (F.A.C.T) Act of 1990 to designate Jeannette Ranking Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grants the current research and extension grants to increase participation of women and minorities in the STEM field

• H.R. 1029: Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017

Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act to refine pesticide registration, increase the maintenance fee, and more.

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

• Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Assist. Secretary of Homeland Security (H.S) for Health Affairs in charge for Dept. HS 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 Dept. HS. (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 Dept. HS. (Other purposes too)

• H.R. 1294: Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost Growth Act 

  Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require congressional notification in the case of major acquisition program breaches within 30 days

• 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 Transportation Security Administration (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 Under Secretary Management

Tuesday

• H.R. 372: Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017

Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act in order to clarify that the Act in no way “modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance, including the business of dental insurance” (Congress Summary)

Wednesday

H.R. 1101: Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017

Allows small businesses to create association health plans (AHPs) to collectively bargain better in the health insurance industry for more affordable healthcare for their employees

Note: The American Health Care Act of 2017 will be brought into Congress this week – HR number is unknown (Sorry!)

Senate

Monday

• Pro Forma Session
  

Judiciary Session: Confirmation hearing for nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court

Tuesday

• Nomination vote for Charles Breyer and Danny Reeves as members of the US Sentencing Commission