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Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project Licensing Act

To authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project Licensing Act 2. Stay and Reinstatement of FERC License No. 11393 for the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission (2) License The term license (3) Licensee The term licensee (b) Stay of license On the request of the licensee, the Commission shall issue an order continuing the stay of the license. (c) Lifting of stay On the request of the licensee, but not later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall— (1) issue an order lifting the stay of the license under subsection (b); and (2) make the effective date of the license the date on which the stay is lifted under paragraph (1). (d) Extension of license (1) In general Notwithstanding the time period specified in section 13 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 806 (2) Reinstatement of expired license (A) In general If the period required for the commencement of construction of the project described in paragraph (1) has expired prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may reinstate the license effective as of the date of the expiration of the license. (B) Extension If the Commission reinstates the license under subparagraph (A), the first extension authorized under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of that expiration. (e) Effect Nothing in this Act prioritizes, or creates any advantage or disadvantage to, Commission project numbered 11393 under Federal law, including the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 791a 16 U.S.C. 2601 (1) any electric generating facility in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) any electric generating facility that may be examined, proposed, or developed during the period of any stay or extension of the license under this Act.

Summary: Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project Licensing Act This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon request, to issue a stay of the statutory deadline by which construction must commence on the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project located in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. (The City of Saxman, Alaska, was granted a construction license for the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project on January 22, 1998.) Additionally, upon request, FERC must reinstate the construction license and make it effective as of the date the stay is lifted. FERC may reinstate the construction license if it is expired. Subject to certain conditions, FERC may extend for up to six years the statutory deadline by which construction must commence on the project.
Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017

To amend the FAST Act to improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 2. Disadvantaged business enterprises Section 1101(b) of the FAST Act ( 23 U.S.C. 101 (1) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) Veteran-owned small business concern The term veteran-owned small business concern small business concern owned and controlled by veterans 15 U.S.C. 632(q) ; (2) in paragraph (3) by inserting and veteran-owned small business concerns (3) in paragraph (4)(B)— (A) in clause (ii) by striking and (B) in clause (iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (iv) veterans. .

Summary: Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to revise the requirement that 10% of the award of contracts for federal-aid highway, federal public transportation, and highway safety research and development programs be set-aside for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This set-aside must include veteran-owned small businesses.
Hear our Heroes Act of 2017

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hear our Heroes Act of 2017 2. Presumption of service-connection for hearing loss and tinnitus Section 1112 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) (1) For purposes of section 1110 of this title, and subject to the provisions of section 1113 of this title, diagnosed hearing loss, tinnitus, or both of a veteran described in paragraph (2) shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by the active military, naval, or air service of the veteran, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such hearing loss or tinnitus, as the case may be, during the period of such service. (2) A veteran described in this paragraph is a veteran who while on active military, naval, or air service— (A) was assigned to a military occupational specialty or equivalent described in paragraph (3); or (B) served in combat. (3) A military occupational specialty or equivalent referred to in paragraph (2)(A) is a military occupational specialty or equivalent in which individuals assigned to such military occupational specialty or equivalent in the active military, naval, or air service are or were likely to be exposed to a sufficiently high level of acoustic trauma as to result in permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, or both, as determined by the Secretary. . 3. Modification to schedule for rates for disability compensation Pursuant to section 1155 of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall adjust the schedule of rating disabilities to establish a minimum disability rating for a veteran who requires a hearing aid because of a service-connected disability, including pursuant to section 1112(d) of such title, as amended by section 2.

Summary: Hear Our Heroes Act of 2017 This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for veterans with permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, or both, who served on active duty in combat or in a military occupational specialty in which they were exposed to a high level of acoustic trauma.
Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2017

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection of disabilities relating to blast exposures with respect to disability compensation payments by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2017 2. Presumption of service-connection of disabilities relating to blast exposure Section 1112 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) For the purposes of section 1110 of this title, and subject to the provisions of section 1113 of this title, an injury or illness of a veteran that is associated with a blast exposure by the veteran during active military, naval, or air service shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated during such active military, naval, or air service, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such injury or illness during a period of such service. .

Summary: Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2017 This bill establishes a Department of Veterans Affairs' presumption of service-connection for a veteran's injury or illness associated with a blast exposure during active military, naval, or air service in spite of there being no record of the injury or illness during a period of service.
Home for the Brave Act of 2017

To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Home for the Brave Act of 2017 2. Exclusion of veterans disability benefits from income The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3531 15. Exclusion of veterans disability benefits from income Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts received by any member of a household or family as disability compensation under chapter 11 (1) determining the eligibility of such family or household for assistance under any program for housing assistance administered by the Secretary; (2) the amount of benefits payable to or on behalf of such family or household under such program; or (3) the amount of rent paid by such family or household for occupancy of a dwelling unit assisted under any such program. .

Summary: Home for the Brave Act of 2017 This bill amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to exclude veterans' service-connected disability or death benefits from income for purposes of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's assisted-housing programs determinations.
Access to Military Service Records Act of 2017

To limit the fees charged by the National Archives and Records Administration to veterans for military service records, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Military Service Records Act of 2017 2. Limitation on fees charged by the National Archives and Records Administration to veterans for military service records Section 2116 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), in the case of a military service record of an individual, the Archivist may not charge to such individual (or, if such individual is deceased, the next of kin or immediate family of such individual) more than the cost of mailing such record. .

Summary: Access to Military Service Records Act of 2017 This bill limits to the cost of mailing the fee that the National Archives and Records Administration may charge a veteran (or, if such individual is deceased, the individual's next of kin or immediate family) who requests his or her military service record.
Current Employee Representation Act

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that a question of representation affecting commerce shall exist when a petitioner establishes that fewer than 50 percent of the current bargaining unit members had the opportunity to vote in a certification election covering their bargaining unit or no certification election was conducted, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Current Employee Representation Act 2. Filing and treatment of petitions for certification of bargaining representative (a) Petition described Section 9(c)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 159(c)(1) (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking or (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding or (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (C) by an employee or a group of employees or any individual or labor organization acting in their behalf, or an employer, alleging that the labor organization that has been certified or is currently recognized by the employer as the bargaining representative is no longer a representative as defined in subsection (a), if— (i) fewer than 50 percent of the members of the bargaining unit in question had an opportunity to vote in the certification election that resulted in certifying the labor organization then recognized as the bargaining representative for such unit; or (ii) no certification election was conducted regarding such unit; . (b) Existence of question of representation Section 9(c)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 159(c)(2) When a petition is filed under paragraph (1)(C), a question of representation affecting commerce exists if the petitioner establishes the existence of the circumstances described in paragraph (1)(C)(i) or paragraph (1)(C)(ii).

Summary: Current Employee Representation Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow an employee or group of employees to petition for a union certification election: (1) if fewer than 50% of the current bargaining unit were unit members in the last certification election, or (2) no certification election was conducted for such unit.
Sensible Nuclear Waste Disposition Act

To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from planning, developing, or constructing a defense waste repository until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made a final decision with respect to the construction authorization application for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sensible Nuclear Waste Disposition Act 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Nuclear Waste Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10101 (2) Pursuant to such Act, in 1985 President Ronald Reagan determined that atomic energy defense waste is required to be disposed of in a common repository with commercial spent nuclear fuel. (3) The Secretary of Energy submitted the license application for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 3, 2008. (4) The Commission issued the safety evaluation report which found that the Yucca Mountain site could meet all regulatory standards for 1,000,000 years. (5) On December 16, 2016, the Department of Energy released a draft plan titled Draft Plan for a Defense Waste Repository (6) The taxpayers of the United States have already paid more than $3,700,000,000 to dispose of high-level radioactive waste from atomic energy defense activities at the Yucca Mountain site. 3. Limitation on planning, development, or construction of defense waste repository (a) Limitation The Secretary of Energy may not take any action relating to the planning, development, or construction of a defense waste repository until the date on which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission publishes a final decision on an application for a construction authorization for a repository under section 114(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10134(d) (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The terms atomic energy defense activity high-level radioactive waste repository spent nuclear fuel 42 U.S.C. 10101 (2) The term defense waste repository Draft Plan for a Defense Waste Repository

Summary: Sensible Nuclear Waste Disposition Act This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE)from planning, developing, or constructing a defense waste repository until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves or disapproves the license to construct the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada. (A defense waste repository is a site used for storing high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel derived from the atomic energy defense activities of DOE.)
Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2017

To provide that any State or local law enforcement agency that has in effect a cooling-off period is ineligible to receive Federal funds pursuant to a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2017 2. Elimination of cooling-off periods (a) In general Any State or local law enforcement agency which the Attorney General determines has in effect a cooling-off period is ineligible to receive any Federal funds pursuant to a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program for the following fiscal year. (b) Cooling-Off period defined The term cooling-off period

Summary: Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2017 This bill makes a state or local law enforcement agency ineligible to receive federal funds under a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program if it has in effect a cooling-off period. A cooling-off period is a period of time following an officer-involved shooting during which investigators are prohibited from communicating with an officer involved in the shooting.
Police Accountability Act of 2017

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for assault or homicide committed by certain State or local law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Police Accountability Act of 2017 2. Assault or homicide by certain State or local law enforcement officers (a) In general Chapter 1 28. Assault or homicide by certain State or local law enforcement officers (a) Offense Whoever, being a State or local law enforcement officer in a public agency which receives Federal funding under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3750 (b) Definition In this section— (1) the term State or local law enforcement officer (A) who has statutory authority to make arrests or apprehensions; (B) who is authorized by the agency of the employee to carry firearms; and (C) whose duties are primarily— (i) engagement in or supervision of the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation of law; or (ii) the protection of Federal, State, local, or foreign government officials against threats to personal safety; and (2) the term State or local government (A) of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States; or (B) of a political subdivision of such a State, District, Commonwealth, territory or possession. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 28. Assault or homicide by certain State or local law enforcement officers. .

Summary: Police Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a new criminal offense for conduct by certain state and local law enforcement officers in the line of duty that constitutes murder or manslaughter.
Lyme Disease Research Stamp Act

To provide for the issuance of a Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lyme Disease Research Stamp Act 2. Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp (a) In general To afford a convenient way for members of the public to contribute to funding for Lyme disease and related tick-borne illness research within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp (b) Terms and conditions The issuance and sale of the Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of section 416 of title 39, United States Code, and regulations issued under such section. (c) Disposition of proceeds (1) In general All amounts becoming available from the sale of the Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp (as determined under section 416(d) of such title 39) shall be transferred to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for the purpose described in subsection (a), through payments which shall be made at least twice a year. (2) Proceeds not to be offset In accordance with section 416(d)(4) of such title 39, amounts becoming available from the sale of the Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp (as so determined) shall not be taken into account in any decision relating to the level of appropriations or other Federal funding to be furnished in any year to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (d) Duration The Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the public for a period of at least 6 years, beginning no later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) Definition For purposes of this Act, the term semipostal stamp

Summary: Lyme Disease Research Stamp Act This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp. The proceeds from the sale of the stamp shall be transferred to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for funding Lyme disease and related tick-borne illness research, through payments which shall be made at least twice a year. The stamp shall be made available to the public for at least six years.
Safeguarding American PII Act

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require national security reviews carried out by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to take into account the potential effects of covered transactions on personally identifiable information. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding American Personal Information and Investment Act Safeguarding American PII Act 2. Factoring the impact of foreign transactions on personally identifiable information in CFIUS national security reviews Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4565 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: (9) Personally identifiable information The term personally identifiable information ; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (10), by striking and (B) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph: (11) whether the covered transaction could expose the personally identifiable information of United States persons in a manner that threatens national security; and .

Summary: Safeguarding American Personal Information and Investment Act or the Safeguarding American PII Act This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require national security reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment to take into account whether the merger, acquisition, or takeover could expose the personally identifiable information of U.S. persons in a manner that threatens national security.
Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose remains are placed in non-traditional resting sites. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act 2. Department of Veterans Affairs provision of urns for remains of certain veterans whose remains are placed in non-traditional resting sites Section 2306(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) (A) In lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker under this subsection to a deceased individual described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall furnish, upon request and at the expense of the United States— (i) an urn made of any material to signify the individual’s status as a veteran, in which the remains of such individual may be placed at private expense; or (ii) a commemorative plaque signifying the individual’s status as a veteran. (B) A deceased individual described in this subsection is an individual— (i) who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917; (ii) who is eligible for a headstone or marker furnished under paragraph (1) (or would be so eligible but for the date of the death of the individual); and (iii) whose remains were cremated and are placed in a non-traditional resting site. (C) In this paragraph, the term non-traditional resting site .

Summary: Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs, upon request and at U.S. expense, to furnish to a deceased individual in lieu a headstone or marker: (1) an urn to signify the individual's veteran status, in which such individual's remains may be placed at private expense; or (2) a commemorative plaque signifying the individual's veteran status. A "deceased individual" is an individual: (1) who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917; (2) who is eligible for a headstone or marker or would be so eligible but for the date of the individual's death; and (3) whose remains were cremated and placed in a site of interment or inurnment other than a national cemetery, a state veterans' cemetery, a tribal cemetery, or a private cemetery.