| SJR29 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Office of Natural Resources Revenue of the Department of the Interior relating to consolidated Federal oil and gas and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB523 | Intro
Sine Die | Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to excise taxes on manufacturers, to impose a one cent per milligram fee on the sale of active opioids by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SJR26 | Intro
Sine Die | A 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. This joint resolution nullifies the "Teacher Prepa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SJR31 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria This joint resolution: (1) authorizes the President to use all necessary and appropriate force against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB524 | Intro
Sine Die | Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the reduced tax rate for corporations that have both net capital gains and timber gains.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR79 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution designating March 2, 2017, as "Read Across America Day". Designates March 2, 2017, as Read Across America Day. Honors Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) for his success in encouraging children to discover the joy of reading. Honors the 20th anni...
[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) |
| SB505 | Intro
Sine Die | Waterway LNG Parity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an energy equivalent for a gallon of diesel, in the case of liquefied natural gas (LNG), for the purposes of the 29 cents per gallon Inland Waterways Trust Fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB519 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Safe Water Drinking Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish maximum contaminant levels for certain contaminants, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB492 | Intro
Sine Die | Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make the maximum allowable contribution ($18,000 in 2017) to their Thrift Savings ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SJR28 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to accidental release prevention requirements of ris...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB520 | Intro
Sine Die | Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2017 This bill revises federal funding to states under the Medicaid program, including by capping annual funding on a per capita basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB527 | Intro
Sine Die | Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of a hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Healt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB497 | Intro
Sine Die | Lymphedema Treatment Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lymphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB515 | Intro
Sine Die | United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 This bill requires a business that employs 50 or more call center employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more call center employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB499 | Intro
Sine Die | SHIPP Act of 2017 Soil Health and Income Protection Program Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish a voluntary soil health and income protection program. Landowners and operators may enroll eligible land in the progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB489 | Intro
Sine Die | Pension Accountability Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for voting on the suspension of pension benefits under multiemployer plans in endangered or critical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB511 | Intro
Sine Die | Clean Start Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to seal records related to a nonviolent criminal offense committed by an individual whose substance use disorder is a substantial contributing factor in the commission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB522 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level. This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the ban on in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB510 | Intro
Sine Die | Women's Health Protection Act of 2017 This bill prohibits any government from imposing on abortion services: a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or medical procedures; a requirement that the same clinician who performs a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB516 | Intro
Sine Die | State Cyber Resiliency Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to administer a State Cyber Resiliency Grant Program to assist state, local, and tribal governments in preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB495 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical Innovation Prize Fund Act This bill denies any person the exclusive right to manufacture, distribute, sell, or use a drug, a biological product, or a medication manufacturing process. The bill establishes the Fund for Medical Innovation Prize...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SCR7 | Intro
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States. Expresses the sense of Congr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB503 | Intro
Sine Die | Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SJR27 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness". This joint resolution nullifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB521 | Intro
Sine Die | Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to direct the Department of the Interior to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a cost of $80 to any vet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SCR8 | Intro
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President Donald J. Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB493 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability First Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to remove, demote by a reduction in grade and pay, or suspend a VA employee, including a member in a senior executive positio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SR77 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Reaffirms the U.S. commitment to ending multiple sclerosis by promoting awareness abou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1543; text as passed Senate: CR S1542-1543) |
| SB486 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting Beneficiary Access to Complex Rehab Technology Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB482 | Intro
Sine Die | PHIT Act of 2017 Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a medical care tax deduction for up to $1,000 ($2,000 for a joint return or a head of household) of qualified sports and fitness expense...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR74 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution congratulating the State of Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of the admission of that State into the United States. Congratulates Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of its admission into the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1521-1523; text as passed Senate: CR S1541-1542) |
| SB479 | Intro
Sine Die | Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 This bill waives Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB481 | Intro
Sine Die | Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Act of 2017 This bill withdraws the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area in Colorado from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB485 | Intro
Sine Die | Stewardship End Result Contracting Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to obligate funds to cover any potential cancellation or t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB487 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any state loan repayment or forgiveness progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB480 | Intro
Sine Die | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 by requiring the U.S. Postal Service to make the stamp available to the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB478 | Intro
Sine Die | Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to revise standards for determining what constitutes baiting for purposes of the prohibition on taking migratory game birds. A baited area, in the case of waterfo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB470 | Intro
Sine Die | Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $120,000, the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB464 | Intro
Sine Die | Independence at Home Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a permanent Independence at Home Medical Practice Program, under which a primary care practice shall be accountable for: (1) providing co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB463 | Intro
Sine Die | Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish the Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall make specia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR35 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the release of political prisoners, and calling for respect of constitutional and democratic processes, including free...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. |
| SR72 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution celebrating the history of the Detroit River with the 16-year commemoration of the International Underground Railroad Memorial Monument, comprised of the Gateway to Freedom Monument in Detroit, Michigan, and the Tower of Freedom Monument...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SR62 | Intro
Sine Die | An original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017, October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, and October 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019. (Sec. 1) Authorizes expen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1506) |
| SB476 | Intro
Sine Die | Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exclude premiums paid by residents of U.S. territories from a health insurer's net premiums when calculating the annual fee on the he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB472 | Intro
Sine Die | Cuba Trade Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SJR25 | Intro
Sine Die | A 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 accountability and State plans under the Elementary and Secondary Education Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB474 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens. This bill prohibits certain assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being made ava...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB477 | Intro
Sine Die | Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to replace the authorization for a National Congenital Heart Disease Surveillance System with a requirement for the Department of Health and Human Ser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB471 | Intro
Sine Die | Isla Rose Life Flight Act This bill provides that statutory provisions prohibiting state or local governments from enacting or enforcing a law or regulation relating to a price, route, or service of an air carrier shall not apply to a state or local ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB469 | Intro
Sine Die | Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
