| SB568 | Intro
Sine Die | Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB571 | Intro
Sine Die | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell or exchange any or all interest of the United States in 30 tracts of National Forest System land in Georgia totaling approximat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB565 | Intro
Sine Die | Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to disclose details after payments are made from the Judgment Fund. The Judgment Fund is a permanent and indefinite appropriation to pay judgments against the Un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB570 | Intro
Sine Die | Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 This bill authorizes a number of programs to enhance weather forecasting and alerts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Resear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB575 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to apply that Act's restrictions to collectors of debt owed to a federal agency. A federal agency that is a creditor may not sell or transfer a debt to a d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB572 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to study the coverage gaps of the Next Generation Weather Radar of the National Weather Service and to develop a plan for improving radar coverage and hazardous weather detection and forecasting, and for ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB567 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to permit a federal savings association to elect to operate, subject to supervision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, with the same...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB574 | Intro
Sine Die | Nuclear Cruise Missile Reconsideration Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than specified amounts by the Department of Defense (DOD) on development of the long-range standoff weapon or any other nuclear-capable air-l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SR84 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution supporting the goals of International Women's Day. Supports the goals of International Women's Day. Recognizes that the empowerment of women is linked to a country's potential to generate economic growth, sustainable democracy, and inclu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1695-1696; text of measure as introduced: CR S1693-1694) |
| SB554 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017. This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB558 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Esidronio Arreola-Saucedo, Maria Elena Cobian Arreola, Nayely Arreola Carlos, and Cindy Jael Arreola. Provides for the relief of Esidronio Arreola-Saucedo, Maria Elena Cobian Arreola, Nayely Arreola Carlos, and Cindy Jael Arr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB559 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Alfredo Plascencia Lopez. Provides for the relief of Alfredo Plascencia Lopez.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB546 | Intro
Sine Die | American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act This bill sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB556 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Joseph Gabra and Sharon Kamel. Provides for the relief of Joseph Gabra and Sharon Kamel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB550 | Intro
Sine Die | Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a clai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB551 | Intro
Sine Die | Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act This bill directs the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to charge Nogales, Arizona, an equitable proportion of the costs for operating and maintaining the Nogales sanitation project, which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB562 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Ruben Mkoian, Asmik Karapetian, and Arthur Mkoian. Provides for the relief of Ruben Mkoian, Asmik Karapetian, and Arthur Mkoian.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB539 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Paya Way". This bill designates the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB541 | Intro
Sine Die | Macadamia Tree Health Initiative Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to provide competitive research and extension grants for a macadamia tree health initi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB537 | Intro
Sine Die | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. The validity and enforceability of an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB561 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Alicia Aranda De Buendia. Provides for the relief of Alicia Aranda De Buendia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB549 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to block implementation of the Executive Order that restricts individuals from certain countries from entering the United States. This bill prohibits any federal agency funds, resources, or fees from being used to implement or enforce Executiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB552 | Intro
Sine Die | Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2017 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements with consumers (i.e., agreements to arbitrate any future disputes between parties in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB542 | Intro
Sine Die | Safety Over Arbitration Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the use of arbitration whenever a contract between an individual and another party requires arbitration to resolve a claim or controversy alleging facts relevant to a hazard to public health or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB555 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Shirley Constantino Tan. Provides for the relief of Shirley Constantino Tan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB547 | Intro
Sine Die | Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to disseminate to senior citizens and their families and caregivers information regarding mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud that targets senior citiz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SR82 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution congratulating the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Laboratory. Congratulates the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on the 75th anniversary of the foundi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1647; text: CR S1646-1647) |
| SB545 | Intro
Sine Die | National Right-to-Work Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB560 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Jorge Rojas Gutierrez and Oliva Gonzalez. Provides for the relief of Jorge Rojas Gutierrez and Oliva Gonzalez.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB538 | Intro
Sine Die | Timber Innovation Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), acting through the Research and Development and the State and Private Forestry deputy areas of the Forest Service, to conduct performance-driven research and develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB557 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill for the relief of Jose Alberto Martinez Moreno, Micaela Lopez Martinez, and Adilene Martinez. Provides for the relief of Jose Alberto Martinez Moreno, Micaela Lopez Martinez, and Adilene Martinez.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR68 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution raising awareness of modern slavery. Commends each individual who supported the END IT movement on February 23, 2017. Notes the dedication of individuals, organizations, and governments to end modern slavery. Calls for international acti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1647) |
| SB548 | Intro
Sine Die | Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing credit, to rename the credit "the affordable housing credit" and make several modifications to the credit. The bill i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB553 | Intro
Sine Die | Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2017 This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE). The bill also ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB529 | Intro
Sine Die | APPROVAL Act Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to prohibit the Department of Energy and the Southwestern and Western Area Power Administrations from using the power of eminent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB532 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Arming Terrorists Act This bill prohibits the use of federal agency funds to provide covered assistance to: (1) Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or any individual or group that is affiliated with, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB530 | Intro
Sine Die | Vet Connect Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to disclose to non-VA entities that provide hospital care or medical treatment to veterans (including private entities and other federal agencies) records of the ide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SJR32 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees. This joint resolution nullifies a rule submitted by the Department of Labor's Employe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB535 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to make applicable to the State of South Dakota a provision relating to certain Bureau of Reclamation permit fees. This bill amends the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB533 | Intro
Sine Die | Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 to revise what are prohibited firearms to include any firearm: (1) that, after removal of all parts other than major components is not as detectabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SJR33 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by qualified State political subdivisions for non-governmental employees. This joint resolution nullifies a rule submitted by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB528 | Intro
Sine Die | Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daught...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB531 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate a portion of the Edward T. Breathitt Parkway as Interstate Route I-169. This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB494 | Intro
Sine Die | American Red Cross Transparency Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review: (1) the internal governance of the American National Red Cross (the corporation), and (2) any program or activity carried out by th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR78 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate recognizing 3 years of Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Condemns continued Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Calls on: (1) the government of the Russian Federation to immediately cease al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB506 | Intro
Sine Die | Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 This bill requires each executive or military department or independent establishment to obtain all goods and services necessary for or beneficial to the accomplishment of its authorized functions by pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SR80 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution designating March 3, 2017, as "World Wildlife Day". Designates March 3, 2017, as World Wildlife Day. Supports: (1) raising awareness of the benefits that wildlife provides to people and the threats facing wildlife around the world; and (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1583, S1585; text as passed Senate: CR S1583) |
| SB525 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to require the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for particular communities. This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for the communities of Flanders, Northampton, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB498 | Intro
Sine Die | BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD), no later than: (1) October 1, 2020, to develop, test, and validate human-based training methods for training members...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SB509 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Land Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act This bill directs each agency concerned (the Department of the Interior for federal land administered through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
