| SR47 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution supporting the contributions of Catholic schools. Expresses support for: (1) the goals of National Catholic Schools Week, an event cosponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association and the United States Conference of Catholic ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-10
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. |
| SR45 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution designating February 2017 as "American Heart Month" and February 3, 2017, as "National Wear Red Day". Designates February 2017 as American Heart Month and February 3, 2017, as National Wear Red Day. Recognizes and reaffirms the commitmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-10
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. |
| SB349 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This bill amends the Immigration and Nati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB348 | Intro
Sine Die | Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate lower prices on behalf of Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries for covered prescription drugs that t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB350 | Intro
Sine Die | End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit Members of Congress, in securities transactions, from receiving a discounted purchase price or a premium sales price. This prohibition s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-09
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SR57 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen. Designates the majority party membership on specified Senate committees for the 115th Congr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-09
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1070-1071; text as passed Senate: CR S1070-1071) |
| SB347 | Intro
Sine Die | Investing in America's Small Manufacturers Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee 90% of a loan to a small business manufacturing concern. The SBA may not collect a guarantee fee ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-09
To Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee |
| SB342 | Intro
Sine Die | Gold Star Families Forever Stamp Act This bill directs the Postmaster General to provide for the issuance of a forever stamp to honor the sacrifices of families who have lost a loved one who was a member of the Armed Forces in combat.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-08
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB345 | Intro
Sine Die | Workplace Advancement Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-08
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB344 | Intro
Sine Die | Strong Families Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for up to 25% of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB329 | Intro
Sine Die | MERCY Act Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit juvenile solitary confinement, except as a temporary response to behavior that poses a seri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB335 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017 This bill authorizes a state with an established oil and gas leasing program to take responsibility from the federal government for leasing and regulating the exploration and development of oil, gas, and other forms o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SR54 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the unwavering commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Pledges that the United States will continue to maintain strong leadership and strengthen its commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB321 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt amounts paid for aircraft management services from the excise taxes imposed on transportation by air. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on transportati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB330 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarence Gideon Full Access to Justice Act Gideon Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a private, nonmembership, nonprofit corporation to assist and advocate on behalf of individuals in certain noncapital criminal cases before ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB338 | Intro
Sine Die | Scientific Integrity Act This bill requires, subject to the exemptions for disclosures of information under the Freedom of Information Act, each federal agency that funds or conducts scientific research to: (1) promote and maximize the communication ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB334 | Intro
Sine Die | Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act This bill gives states the sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing on or under any land within their boundaries. Hy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SR56 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should remain a global leader in welcoming and providing refuge to refugees and asylum seekers and that no person should be banned from entering the United States because of their...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB337 | Intro
Sine Die | FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act This bill establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration (SSA). The bill entitles every individual to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) ben...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB328 | Intro
Sine Die | Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017 This bill states that an indigent individual facing criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency in a state court is entitled to the effective assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB333 | Intro
Sine Die | Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 This bill prohibits federal government officials from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement on behalf of the United States (resolving a civil action, a plea agreement, a deferred prosecution agreeme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB322 | Intro
Sine Die | Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of stalking to include conduct that causes a person to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to his or her pet. Additionall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB325 | Intro
Sine Die | Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017 This bill restores and revives the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, and any regulations promulgated pursuant to it, as if the Act had not expired after 2014.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB332 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to restrict funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, and for other purposes. This bill declares that United Nations Security Council Resolution 2310 (September 23, 2016) does not obliga...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB339 | Intro
Sine Die | Military Widow's Tax Elimination Act of 2017 This bill repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former militar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SB340 | Intro
Sine Die | Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Environmental Protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB323 | Intro
Sine Die | Universal Savings Account Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for the establishment of Universal Savings Accounts. These accounts shall be tax-exempt and may be opened by any individual who is at least 18 years of age and a U.S. c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB336 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2017 This bill repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence, peer review, or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee comp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SR53 | Intro
Sine Die | An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed Services. Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on Armed Services from March 1, 2017, through February 28, 2019. Limits expenses of such committee to specified amount...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB326 | Intro
Sine Die | Public Buildings Renewal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings by expanding the definition of "exempt facility bond" to include bonds used for qualified governm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB319 | Intro
Sine Die | Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a center of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB308 | Intro
Sine Die | Provider Payment Sunshine Act This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to expand reporting requirements related to the transparency of physician ownership or investment interests. Under current law, a manufacturer of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB320 | Intro
Sine Die | NextGen Accountability Act This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish annual Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) performance goals for each of the nat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| SB310 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to clarify that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity may accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to deem mortgage appraisal services donated by a fee appraiser to an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB306 | Intro
Sine Die | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require biennial budget resolutions, appropriations bills, and government strategic and performance plans, instead of the annual budget process require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Budget Committee |
| SR50 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution reaffirming a strong commitment to the United States-Australia alliance relationship. Reaffirms: (1) the strong alliance between Australia and the United States, and (2) the importance of a U.S.-Australia relationship based on mutual res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB313 | Intro
Sine Die | Children's Consignment Event Recognition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from the meaning of "employee" subject to minimum wage and maximum hours requirements any individuals who volunteer their services a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB318 | Intro
Sine Die | COPS Improvements Act of 2017 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to codify the establishment of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice (DOJ). It revises and reauthorize...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB307 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Defense Emergency Response Capabilities Database Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to require the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish and maintain withi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SR52 | Intro
Sine Die | An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Finance. Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on Finance for the 115th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB315 | Intro
Sine Die | Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act This bill directs the Department of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a monument honoring helicopter pilots and crew members who were killed while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces during t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB309 | Intro
Sine Die | Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act This bill establishes a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall target home- and community-based servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB314 | Intro
Sine Die | FIX Act FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to the procedures followed by consumer reporting agencies when a consumer disputes the completeness or accuracy of information contained in the consum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SR51 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution recognizing the contributions of Federal employees and pledging to oppose efforts to reduce Federal workforce pay and benefits, eliminate civil service employment protections, undermine collective bargaining, and increase the use of non-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SR49 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution declaring that achieving the primary goal of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease of the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer's disease by 2025 is an urgent national priority. Exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB311 | Intro
Sine Die | Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to expand training and support services for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SR48 | Intro
Sine Die | An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence. Authorizes expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence for the 115th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB316 | Intro
Sine Die | Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-06
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SJR21 | 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 Environmental Protection Agency relating to Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS. This j...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-03
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee |
| SB300 | Intro
Sine Die | Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
