| SB29 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair RETIRE Act Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 This bill expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the retention and reappointment of law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB24 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Veterans Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB26 | Intro
Sine Die | Presidential Tax Transparency Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the President and certain candidates for President to disclose federal income tax returns for the three most recent taxable years in reports filed with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB22 | Intro
Sine Die | Nevada Land Sovereignty Act This bill prohibits any extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SCR4 | Intro
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SJR3 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB31 | Intro
Sine Die | West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB30 | Intro
Sine Die | Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise the statute of limitations for a victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sexual offense to file a civil action to recover damages. Under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB25 | Intro
Sine Die | Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rates and maximum allowable amount of the tax credit for employer-provided child care facilities; (2) increase the eligibility threshold ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB27 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election, and for other purpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SB15 | Intro
Sine Die | Iran Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act This bill amends the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 to cover ballistic missile or related technology. The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended to: (1) extend the Act through December 31, 2031, and (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SR5 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in support of Israel. Urges: (1) the President and the international community to join in supporting bilateral talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, and (2) the President to adopt a policy of opp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB20 | Intro
Sine Die | CEO-Employee Paycheck Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a publicly held corporation a tax deduction for the payment of performance-based remuneration in excess of $1 million to any of its current or former office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SR1 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution informing the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled. Informs the President that a quorum of each house of Congress has assembled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6) |
| SB14 | Intro
Sine Die | No Budget, No Pay Act This bill prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SR3 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate. Sets the daily meeting of the Senate at 12 Noon unless otherwise ordered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6) |
| SB13 | Intro
Sine Die | No Windfalls for Government Service Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a $1 million lifetime limitation on the nonrecognition of a taxpayer's gains from the sale of property pursuant to a certificate of divesture to comply wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SJR2 | Intro
Sine Die | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SCR2 | Engross
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2017, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States. Provides for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SR4 | 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] | 2017-01-03
Submitted in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule. |
| SCR1 | Engross
Sine Die | A concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Declares that: (1) the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, created by S.Con.Res. 28 (114th Congress), to make the necessary ar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SB18 | Intro
Sine Die | Fair Tax Act of 2017 This bill is a tax reform proposal that imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services in lieu of the current income and corporate income tax, employment and self-emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB16 | Intro
Sine Die | Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to complete, within 12 months, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks. In addition, the bill allows the GAO to audit the Fe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| SB11 | Intro
Sine Die | Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act This bill states that it should be U.S. policy to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the ri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB17 | Intro
Sine Die | GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to obtain federal agency records required to discharge the GAO's duties (including audit, evaluation, and investigative duties), including through br...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SR2 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled. Informs the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6) |
