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Signed on January 20, 2017
S.84 - A bill to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.
This bill allowed General Mattis to serve as Sec of Defense as generals by law had to wait 7 years after active duty to serve in office.
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Signed on January 31, 2017
H.R.72 - GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2017
This bill was passed unanimously by the House and Senate and its primary change allows the GAO to obtain federal agency records, for purposes of audit or investigation. Not proposed by Trump.
Signed on February 14, 2017
H.J.Res.41 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers".
This bill allows oil and mining companies to hide from the public and government what they've paid the government for the right to extract minerals from government owned lands.
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Signed on February 16, 2017
H.J.Res.38 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.
This bill reverses the Stream Protection Rule put in place by Obama which would have protected streams and forests from contaminants put there by mining operations. Essentially allows mining operations to pollute without consequence.
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Signed on February 28, 2017
H.J.Res. 40 - Joint Resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.
This bill reverses a rule authorizing the SSA to add to the gun purchase background check list anyone who is so mentally disabled that they cannot manage their own SS disability deposit. Essentially, it allows mentally impaired persons who receive disability to legally purchase firearms from licensed dealers.
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Signed on March 27, 2017
H.J. Res. 37 - Joint Resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
H.J.Res. 37 nullifies the rule issued by the Department of Defense (DoD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (as members of the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council) on August 25, 2016 implementing Executive Order 13673.
The rule imposes three obligations on federal contractors and subcontractors.First, it requires prospective federal contractors to disclose compliance information with 14 federal labor laws and state equivalents to the government. Agency contracting officers are then required to take these disclosures into consideration when awarding contracts.
Second, the rule imposes requirements for “paycheck transparency”. Contractors required to maintain wage records under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Service Contract Act, or substantially similar state laws, must provide documentation of “hours worked, overtime hours, pay, and additions to or deductions from pay” in each pay period.
Third, the rule limits the mandatory arbitration of employee claims by requiring government contracts and subcontracts valued over $1 million to incorporate clauses stating that employees must voluntarily consent to arbitration of these claims.
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Signed on March 27, 2017
H.J. Res. 44 - Joint Resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land
This law reverses the process allowing the public to have input into how the land owned by the Federal Government (BLM) can be used. Outdoor alliance summary
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Signed on March 27, 2017
H.J. Res. 58 - Joint Resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to teacher preparation issues.
The rule defines the indicators of quality that a State must use to assess the performance of its teacher preparation programs, including more meaningful indicators of program inputs and program outcomes, such as the ability of the program’s graduates to produce gains in student learning. The regulation builds on current State data systems and linkages and create a feedback loop to facilitate program improvement and provide valuable information to prospective teachers, potential employers, and the general public. The final regulations also link assessments of program performance to eligibility for the Federal TEACH Grant program. This bill reverses this rule.
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Signed on March 31, 2017
This bill reversed a rule limiting drug testing of unemployment insurance recipients to those who are actually drug tested for their job. This reversal allows states to drug test regardless of what occupation the applicant formerly held.
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Signed on April 3, 2017
The
rule defines the indicators of quality that a State must use to assess
the performance of its teacher preparation programs, including more
meaningful indicators of program inputs and program outcomes, such as
the ability of the program’s graduates to produce gains in student
learning. The regulation builds on current State data systems
and linkages and create a feedback loop to facilitate program
improvement and provide valuable information to prospective teachers,
potential employers, and the general public. The final regulations also
link assessments of program performance to eligibility for the Federal
TEACH Grant program. - See more at:
http://theweekincongress.com/2017/02/07/h-j-res-58-providing-congressional-disapproval-chapter-8-title-5-united-states-code-rule-submitted-department-education-relating-teacher-preparation-issues/#sthash.QdK47gM8.dpuf
The
rule defines the indicators of quality that a State must use to assess
the performance of its teacher preparation programs, including more
meaningful indicators of program inputs and program outcomes, such as
the ability of the program’s graduates to produce gains in student
learning. The regulation builds on current State data systems
and linkages and create a feedback loop to facilitate program
improvement and provide valuable information to prospective teachers,
potential employers, and the general public. The final regulations also
link assessments of program performance to eligibility for the Federal
TEACH Grant program. - See more at:
http://theweekincongress.com/2017/02/07/h-j-res-58-providing-congressional-disapproval-chapter-8-title-5-united-states-code-rule-submitted-department-education-relating-teacher-preparation-issues/#sthash.QdK47gM8.dpuf
This bill returns to Alaska its ability to manage its wildlife in a manner it sees fit. While the bill does allow for the hunting of hibernating bears and some other heinous acts against nature, Alaska would have to approve them.
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Signed on April 19, 2017
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