US Legislation | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB408	Intro Sine Die	Presidential Trade Transparency Act of 2017 This bill requires the President to submit to Congress a report containing a full and complete statement of the President's income earned, assets held, and liabilities owed in the preceding 12 months that a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-16 To Senate Finance Committee
SJR23	Intro Sine Die	A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants. This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of Labor on August 1, 2016, relating ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-16 To Senate Finance Committee
SB428	Intro Sine Die	ACE Kids Act of 2017 Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2017 This bill allows a state Medicaid program or child health plan to provide coordinated care through enhanced pediatric health homes (EPHHs) for children who have complex medical cond... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-16 To Senate Finance Committee
SB433	Intro Sine Die	A bill for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister. Provides for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-16 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB405	Intro Sine Die	Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual the discharge of student loans or private education loans due to the death or disability of the student. The bill also a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-16 To Senate Finance Committee
SB388	Intro Sine Die	A bill for the relief of Maha Dakar. Provides for the relief of Maha Dakar. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB390	Intro Sine Die	Buffalo Tract Protection Act This bill withdraws specified Bureau of the Land Management (BLM) lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from all forms of mineral development under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing or mineral materials, including locatable... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB394	Intro Sine Die	Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB399	Intro Sine Die	Chief Manufacturing Officer Act This bill: (1) expresses the sense of Congress that a well-designed national manufacturing strategy would benefit the U.S. economy, and (2) directs the President to appoint a United States Chief Manufacturing Officer, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SB389	Intro Sine Die	KOMBUCHA Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the production of kombucha for consumption or sale from excise taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages. Kombuc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Finance Committee
SB384	Intro Sine Die	New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the new markets tax credit, (2) provide for an inflation adjustment to the limitation amount for such credit after 2016, and (3) allow an o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Finance Committee
SB404	Intro Sine Die	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the process for inspections of device establishments for granting export certifications. This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions regarding Food... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SB380	Intro Sine Die	Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require an issuer that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to disclose to the SEC specified information related to the number o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB383	Intro Sine Die	Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Department of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to act as the lead federal agency fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB403	Intro Sine Die	Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Finance Committee
SB379	Intro Sine Die	ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrop... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Finance Committee
SB386	Intro Sine Die	Judgment Fund Transparency and Terrorism Financing Prevention 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 appropria... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB387	Intro Sine Die	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to change the source of funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from Federal Reserve System transfers t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SR61	Intro Sine Die	A resolution calling on the Department of Defense, other elements of the Federal Government, and foreign governments to intensify efforts to investigate, recover, and identify all missing and unaccounted-for personnel of the United States. Calls upon... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SB397	Intro Sine Die	Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Finance Committee
SB398	Intro Sine Die	A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to provide for modification of certain Federal water resources development projects on the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, and for other purposes. This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB395	Intro Sine Die	GPS Act Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act This bill makes it unlawful to intentionally intercept the geolocation information of another person; intentionally disclose or use geolocation information knowing or having reason to know that it wa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB402	Intro Sine Die	A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement with the Harriet Tubman Statue Commission of the State of Maryland for the acceptance of a statue of Harriet Tubman for display in a prominent location in the United State... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
SB393	Intro Sine Die	LEAP Act Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprentice who has not attained age 25 at the close of the ta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Finance Committee
SB401	Intro Sine Die	Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act This bill establishes the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area to include specified counties in the states of Maryland and West Virginia. The bill designates the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-15 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
SB372	Intro Sine Die	STOP Act of 2017 Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the consignee (i.e., the entity financially responsible for the receipt of a shipment) for merchandise,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Finance Committee
SB367	Intro Sine Die	Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person (i.e., a person other than the probationer) without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe the person for... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB370	Intro Sine Die	Repeal CFPB Act This bill repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB373	Intro Sine Die	A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution due to small arms fire. This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to specified congressional committees a repo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Armed Services Committee
SB368	Intro Sine Die	Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act This bill: requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to publish a revised recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf populations in Arizona and New Mexico; outlines what must be contained in the plan, includ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB376	Intro Sine Die	21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB369	Intro Sine Die	BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give preference to offerors based on the percentage of the o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
SB377	Intro Sine Die	Trafficking In Persons Report Integrity Act This bill amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to revise provisions regarding the Department of State's determination of whether countries are meeting the minimum standards for elimination ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SB375	Intro Sine Die	A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements. This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise provisions governing citizen suits against the Department of the Interior o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
SB378	Intro Sine Die	Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act This bill amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Administrative Conference of the United States to create and maintain online searchable databases with information ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB364	Intro Sine Die	Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt certain recipients of Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation assistance from specified reporting requirements. The bill exempts producer... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
SB352	Intro Sine Die	Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Roddie Edmonds ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB356	Intro Sine Die	Hallways to Health Act This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to: establish a grant program for school-based health centers to, with respect to children who are eligible ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Finance Committee
SB361	Intro Sine Die	Expatriate Terrorist Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the grounds for loss of U.S. nationality by a native-born or naturalized citizen: taking an oath or making a declaration of allegiance to a foreign terrori... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB360	Intro Sine Die	Same Day Registration Act This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on any day voting is permitted. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
SB358	Intro Sine Die	Stop Terrorist Operational Resources and Money Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress regarding the importance of the United States and its partners curtailing the financial resources of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Pre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SB354	Intro Sine Die	RAISE Act Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant visa category. The fiscal year limit for refugee admissions is set at 50,000. The President s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB359	Intro Sine Die	Fishing Equipment Tax Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 10% to 3% the excise tax rate that applies to the sale of portable, electronically-aerated bait containers by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Finance Committee
SB353	Intro Sine Die	Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2017 This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through 2022 the rural add-on, which is a payment increase for Medicare home heal... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Finance Committee
SB362	Intro Sine Die	Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017 This bill allows executive branch employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay for either: (1) the birth of a child, or (2) the placement of a child for adoption or foste... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
SB365	Intro Sine Die	A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
SB351	Intro Sine Die	Comprehensive Student Achievement Information Act of 2017 This bill amends title I (General Provisions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify consumer information disclosure requirements related to completion or graduation rates. Currently, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-13 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SR58	Intro Sine Die	A resolution congratulating the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl LI. Congratulates the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl LI. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-10 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1092; text as passed Senate: CR S1091)
SR59	Intro Sine Die	A resolution expressing the support for the designation of February 12, 2017, as "Darwin Day" and recognizing the importance of science in the betterment of humanity. Supports the designation of Darwin Day. Recognizes Charles Darwin as a worthy symbo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-10 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
SR44	Intro Sine Die	A resolution designating February 6 through 10, 2017, as "National School Counseling Week". Designates February 6-February 10, 2017, as National School Counseling Week. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-02-10 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.