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Women's Health Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-510
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

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 patient's abortion also perform additional tests, services or procedures;
 
a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to prescribe or dispense drugs or provide services via telemedicine;
 
a requirement or limitation concerning the physical plant, equipment, staffing, or hospital transfer arrangements of facilities where abortions are performed, or the credentials, hospital privileges, or status of personnel at those facilities;
 
a requirement that, prior to obtaining an abortion, a patient make medically unnecessary in-person visits to any individual or entity;
 
a limitation on medical training for abortion procedures;
 
a prohibition prior to fetal viability, including a prohibition on a particular abortion procedure;
 
a prohibition after fetal viability when continuation of the pregnancy would pose a risk to the woman's life or health;
 
a restriction on a woman's ability to obtain an immediate abortion when a delay would pose a risk to the woman's health; or 
 
a restriction on obtaining an abortion prior to fetal viability based on a woman's reasons or perceived reasons or that requires her to state her reasons before obtaining an abortion.
 
 A measure or action that is similar to a requirement or limitation listed above is prohibited if it singles out abortion services or makes abortion services more difficult to access and does not significantly advance women's health or the safety of abortion services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Start Act

Bill: 115-s-511
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

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 of the offense. A nonviolent criminal offense is a federal criminal offense that is not a violent offense, a sex offense, a serious drug offense, or an offense with a victim under the age of 18.
 
To be eligible for sealing, an individual who is convicted of a nonviolent criminal offense must, among other things, complete a substance use disorder treatment program or recovery program and complete service in a substance use disorder peer mentorship program. 
 
This bill also amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow the Department of Justice to give preference to a Community Oriented Policing Services program grant applicant from a state that has in effect: (1) a substantially similar law related to sealing adult records, or (2) a law that allows an individual who successfully seals a criminal record to be free from civil and criminal perjury laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act

Bill: 115-s-513
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Hunting and fishing
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act
 
 
 This bill designates approximately 99,653 acres of Forest Service land in Oregon as the &quot;Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area.&quot;

action_date: 2017-05-16
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act
 
 
 (Sec. 4) This bill designates approximately 99,653 acres of Forest Service land in Oregon as the &quot;Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area.&quot;
 
The special management area shall be administered by the Forest Service to: 
 
 
conserve and enhance the natural character, scientific use, and the botanical, recreational, ecological, fish and wildlife, scenic, drinking water, and cultural values of the special management area; 
 
maintain and seek to enhance the wild salmonid habitat of the special management area; 
 
maintain or enhance the watershed as a thermal refuge for wild salmonids; and 
 
preserve opportunities for recreation, including primitive recreation. 
 
 
 The bill withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of the special management area's river segments from: 
 
 
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; 
 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and 
 
disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 84.
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-66.
action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-66.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1581; text of measure as introduced: CR S1581-1582)
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
No Hero Left Untreated Act

Bill: 115-s-514
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Neurological disorders
Sex offenses
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

No Hero Left Untreated Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to treat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, chronic pain, or opiate addiction.
 
The VA shall: (1) carry out the program at up to two VA facilities, and (2) provide access to such therapy to not more than 50 veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-515
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Telephone and wireless communication
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

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 1,500 hours per week, exclusive of overtime, to notify the Department of Labor at least 120 days before relocating such center outside of the United States. Violators are subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day. 
 
Labor must make publicly available a list of all such employers that relocate a call center. It may remove from the list an employer that has relocated the call center from a location outside the United States to a location inside the United States.
 
Employers must remain on the list for up to three years after each relocation. An employer is ineligible for federal grants or federal guaranteed loans for five years after being added to the list, except where the employer demonstrates that a lack of such loan or grant would threaten national security, result in substantial job loss in the United States, or harm the environment. Federal or state executive agencies or military departments, when awarding a civilian or defense-related contract, must give preference to a U.S. employer that does not appear on the list.
 
Businesses that initiate or receive a customer service communication must require each of their employees or agents participating in the communication to disclose their physical location at the beginning of each such communication unless all involved employees or agents are located in the United States. The bill exempts any communication: (1) initiated by a consumer if the consumer knows or reasonably should know that the employee or agent is located outside the United States, or (2) related to the provision of emergency services. Upon request, businesses must transfer a customer to a customer service agent who is physically located in the United States.
 
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may exclude certain classes or types of business entities or customer service communications from the requirements of this bill under exceptionally compelling circumstances. The bill sets forth authority for the FTC to enforce against violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
State Cyber Resiliency Act

Bill: 115-s-516
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Education programs funding
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Higher education
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

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 responding to cyber threats.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may award states with planning and biennial implementation grants under the program to:
 
 
adopt cybersecurity best practices; 
 
mitigate talent gaps in government workforces; 
 
protect public safety answering points, emergency communications, and continuity of communications during catastrophic disruption; 
 
mitigate threats to critical infrastructure or key resources; 
 
coordinate with neighboring states or countries, National Guard units, or information sharing and analysis organizations; and
 
establish scholarships or apprenticeships to provide financial assistance to state residents pursuing cybersecurity education who commit to working for state government. 
 
 
The bill sets forth requirements for distribution of awarded amounts to local and tribal governments within states and for consultation with local and regional officials. 
 
The Committee for Cyber Resiliency Grants is established to: (1) promulgate guidance for states to develop applications for such cyber resiliency grants; (2) provide DHS and states with recommendations regarding the approval of state plans or applications; and (3) evaluate, and report to Congress regarding, the progress of states in implementing plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

Bill: 115-s-517
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid vapor pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. The bill applies the Reid vapor pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol. Thus, the waiver given to E10 gasoline, which allows an increase in the Reid Vapor Pressure volatility, is extended to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-71.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act

Bill: 115-s-518
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified technical assistance providers for assisting publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) serving 10,000 individuals or fewer in complying with the Act or obtaining financing under the Act for eligible projects. Assistance may be provided to POTWs through onsite technical assistance, circuit rider technical assistance programs, regional technical assistance programs, and onsite and regional training.

action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified technical assistance providers for assisting small or medium publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) in complying with the Act or obtaining financing under the Act for eligible projects. Small POTWs serve 10,000 individuals or fewer and medium POTWs serve from 10,001 to 75,000 individuals.
 
States may use an additional 2% of their clean water state revolving fund allocation grants to provide technical assistance to small or medium POTWs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 89.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-71.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-71.
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-03-28
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-12.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
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.

Bill: 115-s-519
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency, within two years, to publish maximum contaminant level goals and promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for perfluorooctanoic acid; perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; 1,4-dioxane; and perchlorate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-520
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care quality
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act

Bill: 115-s-521
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Parks, recreation areas, trails
User charges and fees
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

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 veteran who was separated from military service under conditions other than dishonorable, if the veteran provides specified proof of that status. 
 
Such pass shall be valid for the lifetime of the passholder.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
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.

Bill: 115-s-522
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the ban on individuals appointed to executive schedule positions (except special government employees who serve less than 60 days in a 1-year period) from engaging in lobbying activities in the executive branch. 
 
The Office of Government Ethics may waive lobbying restrictions for certain executive schedule employees if it determines that the restrictions would create an undue hardship in obtaining qualified personnel for agency positions and granting such waiver would not create the potential for use of undue influence or unfair advantage.
 
The bill increases to five years the ban on lobbying activities by Senators or Members of the House of Representatives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

Bill: 115-s-523
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Prescription drugs
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

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. The fee excludes prescription drugs used exclusively for the treatment of opioid addiction as part of a medically assisted treatment effort. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program to provide rebates or discounts to cancer and hospice patients to ensure that they do not pay the fee. 
 
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require any increase in federal revenues from the fee after rebates and discounts are subtracted to be distributed to states under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant program. The states must use the funds exclusively for substance abuse (including opioid abuse) efforts in the states, including: (1) specified treatment programs, and (2) the recruitment and training of substance use disorder professionals to work in rural and medically underserved communities.
 
HHS must report to Congress on the impact of this bill on the retail cost of opioids and patient access to opioid medication, the effectiveness of the discount or rebate for cancer and hospice patients, how the funds are being used to improve substance abuse treatment efforts, and suggestions for improving access to opioids for cancer and hospice patients and substance abuse treatment efforts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-524
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2017-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Forests, forestry, trees
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: 

Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act of 201

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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. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate