| SB8 | Pass | A bill to provide for the approval of the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-16
Became Public Law No: 114-320. |
| SB2971 | Pass | National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) continue to administer the Nat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-16
Became Public Law No: 114-326. |
| SB2854 | Pass | Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill reauthorizes the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 (Emmett Till Act) and expands the responsibilities of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-16
Became Public Law No: 114-325. |
| SB2577 | Pass | Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a defendant, as a mandatory condition of supervised release, to pay court-ordered restitution. It amends the Justice for All Act of 2004, the Victims of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-16
Became Public Law No: 114-324. |
| SB1635 | Pass | Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES Subtitle A--Basic Authorities and Activities (Sec. 101) This bill directs the Department of State (Departm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-16
Became Public Law No: 114-323. |
| SB612 | Pass | WIIN Act Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the "George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-16
Became Public Law No: 114-322. |
| SB546 | Pass | RESPONSE Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-16
Became Public Law No: 114-321. |
| SB3492 | Pass | A bill to designate the Traverse City VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, as the "Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic". (Sec. 1) This bill designates the Traverse City VA Community-Based ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-276. |
| SB3395 | Pass | Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill prohibits the Forest Service from authorizing a prescribed burn (i.e., a planned fire intentionally ignited) on Forest Service land if, for the county or contiguous county in which such land is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-275. |
| SB3183 | Pass | BOTS Act of 2016 Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological measure on an Internet website or online service of a ticket issuer that is us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-274. |
| SB3076 | Pass | Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), if it is unable to identify a deceased veteran's next of kin and if it determines that sufficient resources for the furnishing of a ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-273. |
| SB3028 | Pass | Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the "Daniel J. Evans Wilderness."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-272. |
| SB2974 | Pass | A bill to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the provision that specifies that Department of Health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-271. |
| SB2873 | Pass | ECHO Act Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration, to study technology-enabled collaborative learning and c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-270. |
| SB2234 | Pass | Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to the members...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-269. |
| SB1915 | Pass | First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to carry out a pilot program to provide eligible anthrax vaccines ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-268. |
| SB1808 | Pass | Northern Border Security Review Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to specified congressional committees a northern border threat analysis, which shall include analyses of: terrorism and criminal threats posed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-267. |
| SB1632 | Pass | A bill to require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram. (Sec. 1) This bill requires: the Department of State and the Department of Defense to develop jointly and submit to Congress a five-year strategy to help Nigeria, member...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-266. |
| SB1550 | Pass | Program Management Improvement Accountability Act (Sec. 2) This bill establishes as additional functions of the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements to: adopt and oversee implementation of governmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-264. |
| SB1555 | Pass | Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill defines "Filipino Veterans of World War II" to include an individual who served: honorably at any time from July 26, 1941, to December 31, 1946; in an active-du...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-265. |
| SB817 | Pass | A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon. (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Department of the Interior to take into trus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-262. |
| SB795 | Pass | A bill to enhance whistleblower protection for contractor and grantee employees. (Sec. 1) This bill extends federal contractor whistle-blower protections to employees of: (1) personal services contractors working on defense contracts (currently, the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-261. |
| SB818 | Pass | A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) The Department of the Interior may accept title to any real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-14
Became Public Law No: 114-263. |
| SB2754 | Pass | To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the "Tom Stagg United States Court House". This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 300 Fannin St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-12-08
Became Public Law No: 114-253. |
| SB246 | Pass | Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice. The commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-14
Became Public Law No: 114-244. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3283 | Pass | A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, Colorado, as the "PFC James Dunn VA Clinic". (Sec. 1) This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-243. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2683 | Pass | Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill applies federal civil service requirements to leave used by disabled armed forces veterans in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Admini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-242. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1698 | Pass | Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act (Sec. 2) This bill excludes payments made under a state eugenics compensation program from classification as income or resources for purposes of determining the eligibility of a recipient of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-241. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1004 | Pass | Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act (Sec. 2) Directs the President to issue an annual proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on Veterans Day, beginning at 3:11 p.m. Atlantic standard time, in honor of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-10-07
Became Public Law No: 114-240. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1878 | Pass | Advancing Hope Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the priority review voucher program for rare pediatric diseases to include treatments for sickle cell disease and pediatric cancers. The voucher program is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-09-30
Became Public Law No: 114-229. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2040 | Pass | Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the federal judicial code to narrow the scope of foreign sovereign immunity (i.e., a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts). Specifically, it authorizes feder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-09-28
Became Public Law No: 114-222. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1579 | Pass | NATIVE Act Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act (Sec. 4) This bill requires the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, and federal agencies with recreational travel or tourism functions to update their managem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-09-23
Became Public Law No: 114-221. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3207 | Pass | A bill to authorize the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide playback equipment in all formats. (Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Library of Congress to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books publ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-29
Became Public Law No: 114-219. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB3055 | Pass | Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and administer a dental insurance plan for veterans enrolled in the system of annual patient e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-29
Became Public Law No: 114-218. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2893 | Pass | Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 to reauthorize through FY2026 the national sound recording preservation program o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-29
Became Public Law No: 114-217. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB764 | Pass | Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 This bill amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard. (Bioengineered food is commonly referred to as a genetically modified organism or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-29
Became Public Law No: 114-216. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2840 | Pass | POLICE Act of 2016 Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the allowable use of grant funds under the Community Oriented Policing Service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-22
Became Public Law No: 114-199. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB524 | Pass | Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016 Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016 Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-22
Became Public Law No: 114-198. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1252 | Pass | Global Food Security Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to develop and implement a Global Food Security Strategy to promote global food security, resilience, and nutrition. (Sec. 3) This section specifies that it is in the U.S. national int...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-20
Became Public Law No: 114-195. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2845 | Pass | Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 to extend through December 31, 2019, provisions requiring the President to impose ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-15
Became Public Law No: 114-194. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2487 | Pass | Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to identify: (1) VA mental health care and suicide prevention programs that are most effective for women veterans, and (2) such programs with the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Became Public Law No: 114-188. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2328 | Pass | PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act This bill addresses Puerto Rico's debt by establishing an oversight board, a process for restructuring debt, and expedited procedures for approving critical infrastructure projects...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Became Public Law No: 114-187. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2133 | Pass | Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish guidelines for federal agencies to establish financial and administrative controls to identify and assess fraud risks an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Became Public Law No: 114-186. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB337 | Pass | FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to: require federal agencies to make their disclosable records and documents available for public inspection in an electronic format; require agencies to mak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Became Public Law No: 114-185. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2276 | Pass | PIPES Act of 2016 Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill reauthorizes through FY2019 the gas and hazardous liquid pipeline and related programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT), includi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Became Public Law No: 114-183. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB184 | Pass | Native American Children's Safety Act Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the final approval of any foster care placement or a foster care license from being issued until the tribal social services agency...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-03
Became Public Law No: 114-165. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2143 | Pass | A bill to provide for the authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill modifies the ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-20
Became Public Law No: 114-163. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1523 | Pass | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise the Natio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-20
Became Public Law No: 114-162. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1492 | Pass | A bill to direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, to convey certain Federal property located in the State of Alaska to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. This bill directs the General Service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-20
Became Public Law No: 114-161. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2755 | Pass | Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill allows the Representative or Senator of an immediate family member of a deceased firefighter, law enforcement officer, member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, or public safety officer who died in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-16
Became Public Law No: 114-156. (TXT | PDF) |
