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A bill to repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation".

Bill: 115-s-381
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal-Indian relations
Iowa
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 
This bill repeals the Act entitled &quot;An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation.&quot;

action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill repeals the Act entitled &quot;An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-122.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-122.
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-382
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Personnel records
State and local government operations
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary registry of firefighters to collect history and occupational information that can be linked to existing data in state cancer registries. The registry must be used to improve monitoring of cancer among firefighters and to collect and publish epidemiological information regarding cancer among firefighters. The CDC should seek to include specified information in the registry, including the number and type of fire incidents attended by an individual.
 
To collect information for the registry, the CDC may incorporate questions into existing public health surveys, questionnaires, and other databases.
 
The CDC must: (1) develop a strategy to maximize participation in the registry; (2) develop guidance for states and firefighting agencies regarding the registry; (3) encourage inclusion in the registry of data on minority, female, and volunteer firefighters; and (4) seek feedback on the registry from nonfederal experts.
 The CDC must develop a process for making registry data available for research without a fee if findings or publications from the research are made public or available to stakeholders.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act

Bill: 115-s-383
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

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 for coordinating and disseminating information on existing federal programs and assistance that may be used to help initiate, develop, and finance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy retrofitting projects for schools. 
 
DOE must: 
 
 
carry out a review of existing programs and financing mechanisms available in or from appropriate federal agencies with jurisdiction over energy financing and facilitation that are currently used or may be used for such purposes;
 
 establish a federal cross-departmental collaborative coordination, education, and outreach effort to streamline communication and promote available federal opportunities and assistance for such projects that enables states, local educational agencies, and schools to use existing federal opportunities more effectively and to form partnerships with appropriate entities to support project initiation;
 
 provide technical assistance for states, local educational agencies, and schools to help develop and finance projects that meet specified requirements;
 
 develop and maintain a single online resource website with contact information for relevant technical assistance and support staff in the office for states, local educational agencies, and schools to effectively access and use federal opportunities and assistance to develop such projects; and
 
establish a process for recognition of schools that have successfully implemented such projects and are willing to serve as resources for other local educational agencies and schools to assist initiation of similar efforts.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-384
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 201

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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 offset against the alternative minimum tax for such credit (determined with respect to qualified equity investments initially made after 2016). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Judgment Fund Transparency and Terrorism Financing Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-386
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Foreign and international banking
Government information and archives
Government liability
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

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 appropriation to pay judgments against the United States.) 
 
Unless the disclosure is prohibited by law or a court order, Treasury must disclose to the public on a website: 
 
 
the agency or entity whose actions gave rise to the claim or judgment, 
 
the plaintiff or claimant, 
 
the counsel for the plaintiff or claimant, 
 
the amount paid, 
 
a description of the facts that gave rise to the claim, 
 
the agency that submitted the claim, and
 
 any information available on reports generated by the Judgment Fund Payment Search administered by Treasury. 
 
 
If the payment is made to a foreign state, Treasury must also disclose:
 
 
the method of payment;
 
the currency denomination used for the payment; and 
 
the name and location of each financial institution owned or controlled by a foreign state or an agent of a foreign state through which the payment passed, from which the payment was withdrawn, or that is holding the payment. 
 
 
No payments from the fund may be made to a state sponsor of terrorism. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-387
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 
 
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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 to annual appropriations. Under current law, the transfers from the Federal Reserve System permit the CFPB to be funded outside of the annual appropriations process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Maha Dakar.

Bill: 115-s-388
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Provides for the relief of Maha Dakar.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
KOMBUCHA

Bill: 115-s-389
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act or KOMBUCHA 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the production of kombucha for consumption or sale from excise taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages. Kombucha is a beverage that: (1) is fermented solely by a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast; (2) contains not more than 1.25% of alcohol by volume; (3) is sold or offered for sale as kombucha; and (4) is derived from sugar, malt or malt substitute, tea, or coffee, and not more than 20% other wholesome ingredients. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-390
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

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 minerals. 
 
Nothing in this bill prohibits the disposal of the surface estate of such BLM lands under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 or the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
 
Any disposal of the surface estate of the BLM lands shall be subject to the condition that the mineral estate of those lands shall remain under the ownership of the BLM, subject to the withdrawal under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 115-s-391
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Archaeology and anthropology
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

 
 This bill establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, New York. 
 
 The National Park Service shall: (1) acquire for the Museum property that is located adjacent to the national monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the monument, and (2) construct the Museum on the acquired property. 
 
The bill establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to: (1) make recommendations on the construction of the Museum, and (2) advise and assist Interior on all matters relating to the operation and preservation of the Museum. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-417.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
LEAP Act

Bill: 115-s-393
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP 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 taxable year or $1,000 for an apprentice who has attained age 25. The bill allows such credit for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprentice. An "apprentice" is an employee who is employed in an officially-recognized apprenticeable occupation pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a recognized state apprenticeship agency. 
 
 The Office of Management and Budget must coordinate with federal and independent agencies to: (1) determine which government publications could be available on government websites and no longer printed, (2) devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with FY2017, (3) establish government-wide guidelines on employee printing, and (4) issue guidelines for publicly disclosing information about the publication of government documents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Bill: 115-s-394
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

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. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell a firearm to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty.) 
 
The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which: (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
GPS Act

Bill: 115-s-395
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Geography and mapping
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act or the GPS 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 was obtained in violation of this bill; or intentionally disclose geolocation information knowing or having reason to know it was obtained as part of a criminal investigation with the intent to improperly obstruct with a duly authorized criminal investigation. 
There are several exceptions to this prohibition against intercepting geolocation information: (1) information obtained in the normal course of business, (2) information obtained while conducting foreign intelligence surveillance, (3) consent, (4) information readily available to the public, (5) theft or fraud involving the device, (6) issuance of a warrant, and (7) emergency circumstances. 
Geolocation information shall not be used as evidence in a legal proceeding when disclosure of such information would be in violation of this bill. 
The bill creates a civil cause of action for any person whose geolocation information is intercepted, disclosed, or intentionally used in violation of this bill. 
The bill makes it a criminal offense to knowingly and intentionally obtain, or attempt to obtain, global positioning system (GPS) records from a geolocation information service through fraud or by other means. It also makes it unlawful to intentionally and knowingly sell or transfer GPS records without the consent of the customer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1219-1220)
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-397
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

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 and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
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.

Bill: 115-s-398
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alabama
Aquatic ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Florida
Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Lakes and rivers
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the federal water resources projects on the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in a manner that ensures the maintenance of freshwater flows.
 
The term "freshwater flows" is defined as the quality, quantity, timing, and variability of freshwater flows required to: (1) support and reestablish the ecological integrity of the rivers, commercial and recreational fisheries dependent on freshwater flows into Apalachicola Bay and adjacent waters, and thriving and diverse fish, wildlife, and plant populations similar to those found prior to construction of the projects; (2) restore and recover species that are endangered, threatened, or at risk; and (3) prevent significantly harmful adverse impacts to the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola River ecosystems.
 
The Corps of Engineers must enter into an arrangement for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct a study that evaluates existing data related to freshwater flows and provides recommendations on how to maintain such flows. 
 
The Corps shall not issue a final water control manual based on the final environmental impact statement titled &quot;Update of the Water Control Manual for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia and a Water Supply Storage Assessment,&quot; dated December 2016, but shall: (1) issue revised water control manuals for such projects that ensure the maintenance of freshwater flows, considering the findings of NOAA's study; (2) ensure that operational modifications needed to maintain freshwater flows are achieved while providing system-wide balance in conservation storage through the maintenance of water levels in the same action zone for each of the project reservoirs; (3) enter into an arrangement for the National Academy of Sciences to carry out an independent peer review of each revised manual; and (4) obtain written approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA, and the U.S. Geological Survey of each manual developed before a final manual may be issued.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate