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Social Security Expansion Act

Bill: 115-s-427
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Social Security Expansion Act

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2023; (2) revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; and (3) increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce.
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000, and (2) increase the tax rate on investment gain from 3.8% to 10% and allocate specified amounts of such tax revenue to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
ACE Kids Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-428
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2017 or the ACE Kids Act of 2017

 
This bill allows a state Medicaid program or child health plan to provide coordinated care through enhanced pediatric health homes (EPHHs) for children who have complex medical conditions. Pursuant to an agreement with a state, an EPHH offers: (1) comprehensive pediatric care management, (2) care coordination and health promotion, (3) comprehensive transitional care, (4) patient and family support, (5) referrals to community and social support services, (6) the use of health information technology to link services, and (7) coordination of access to the full range of pediatric specialty and subspecialty medical services.
 
In general, an EPHH must enroll any eligible child who requests enrollment. A child who opts to enroll shall have the option to disenroll from the EPHH and instead receive covered services under the state Medicaid program or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
 
Each state shall develop a methodology for payment to EPHHs under the state plan.
 
The bill establishes requirements related to data collection and quality assurance.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall issue guidance to states on best practices for ensuring that children with complex medical conditions receive prompt care from out-of-state providers when medically necessary.
 
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission must report to Congress and the CMS on specified information related to children with complex medical conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
AGED Spirits Act

Bill: 115-s-429
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Advancing Growth in the Economy through Distilled Spirits Act or the AGED Spirits Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude the aging period from the production period for distilled spirits that are fit to be used as a beverage, for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1307)
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act

Bill: 115-s-431
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Neurological disorders
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that certain siting requirements applicable under the Medicare program shall not apply to telehealth services that are furnished after 2017 for purposes of evaluating an acute stroke. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall not pay an originating-site facility fee with respect to such telehealth services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Bill: 115-s-433
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Provides for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-434
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Housing for Homeless Students Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to qualify low-income building units that provide housing for homeless children, youth, or veterans who are full-time students for the credit. To qualify for the credit, the full-time student must have been a homeless child or youth during any portion of the seven-year period prior to occupying the housing unit or a homeless veteran during any portion of the five-year period prior to occupying the unit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-435
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Aging
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Minority health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes the Interagency Council on Multigenerational Poverty to carry out specified objectives and the 2-generation approach, including by providing guidance, and addressing questions pertaining to 2-generation programs and other programs engaging in efforts to break the cycle of multigenerational poverty. The &quot;2-generation approach&quot; means the approach to breaking the cycle of multigenerational poverty by improving family economic security through the implementation of 2-generation pilot programs that create opportunities for, and address the needs of, parents and children together.
 
The council shall: (1) develop, make available for public comment, and submit to the President and Congress, a national strategic plan to end and prevent multigenerational poverty; (2) ensure that specified information is made available to the public and displayed on the official website of the council, including the strategic plan and certain information on the 2-generation programs; and (3) establish the 2-generation performance partnership pilot program and the 2-generation social impact bonds pilot program.
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on federal block grants under the jurisdiction of council participants to identify barriers and opportunities for collaboration in order to carry out the 2-generation approach.
 
The Office of Management and Budget shall designate lead agencies for purposes of carrying out the 2-generation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act

Bill: 115-s-436
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act

 
This bill provides that if the Department of the Interior retires a coal preference right lease application under the Mineral Leasing Act by issuing a bidding right in exchange for the relinquishment of such application, such bidding right may subsequently be used in lieu of 50% of amount owed for any monetary payment of: (1) a bonus in a coal lease sale; or (2) rental or royalty under a federal coal lease. 
 
Interior shall calculate a payment of the amounts owed to a relevant state pursuant to such Act based on the combined value of the bidding rights and the amounts received. 
 
Interior shall make such payments to a relevant state from monetary payments received by Interior when bidding rights are exercised pursuant to this bill. 
 
A bidding right issued for a coal preference right lease application under such Act shall be fully transferable to any other person. Such bidding right shall terminate seven years after it is issued.
 
The bill cancels specified land selections made by the Navajo Nation pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 and authorizes such nation to make new selections equal in value to those canceled, subject to an acreage cap, specified land exclusions, and a seven-year deadline.
 
The bill designates specified parcels of land in New Mexico as: (1) the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness, and (2) part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-318.
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-318.
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 532.
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 15-482.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Red Hill Oversight and Environmental Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-437
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Hawaii
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Motor fuels
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: 

Red Hill Oversight and Environmental Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that: (1) its budget justification materials submitted to Congress include a description of how it will use funds to support any deliverables that the parties of the agreement between the Department of the Navy, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9, and the State of Hawaii Department of Health, entered into on September 28, 2015, have identified as necessary to mitigate and prevent fuel leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on Oahu, Hawaii; and (2) each future-years defense program describes how DOD will use funds to support deliverables that the parties to such agreement identified as necessary to mitigate and prevent such leaks. 
 
The EPA must ensure that its budget justification materials submitted to Congress include a description of how it will use funds to support such deliverables.
 
DOD may obligate or expend specified amounts to carry out an unspecified minor military construction project for the sustainment and maintenance of the facility. DOD shall submit to the congressional defense committees written notice of any decision to carry out such project, including a justification for, and the estimated cost of, such project. The authority to carry out such project expires on September 30, 2030.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
HIRE Vets Act

Bill: 115-s-438
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government trust funds
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: 

Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2017 or the HIRE Vets Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a HIRE Vets Medallion Program to solicit voluntary information from employers for purposes of recognizing through a HIRE Vets Medallion Award verified efforts by these employers to: (1) recruit, employ, and retain veterans; and (2) provide community and charitable services supporting the veteran community.
 
Labor shall annually: (1) solicit, verify, and review award applications from employers, (2) notify award recipients, and (3) issue awards at a time coinciding with Veterans Day. 
 
 An employer who receives an award is not eligible for an award the following year. 
 
Labor shall establish two levels of awards for employers of 500 or more employees, to be designated the Gold HIRE Vets Medallion Award and the Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion Award. Criteria for such awards shall include the percentage of hired employees who are veterans, the percentage of veteran employees who are retained, the establishment of related veterans' assistance and training programs, the employment of dedicated human resources professionals for veterans, and income and tuition support for veterans.
 
Labor shall establish similar awards to recognize achievements in supporting veterans by: (1) employers with 50 or fewer employees, and (2) employers with more than 50 but fewer than 500 employees.
 
 Labor shall establish the design of each award certificate.
 
A recipient may publicly display the award and award certificate through the end of the calendar year in which it is awarded. The bill prohibits an employer from publicly displaying an award as a part of any advertisement or business activity in order to convey the false impression that the employer received such award for any other year.
 
The bill establishes the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund. Labor may assess a reasonable application fee to carry out the award program and shall deposit such fees into the fund.
 
The bill excludes from the definition of &quot;employer&quot; the federal government or any state government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Act

Bill: 115-s-439
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: 

Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Act

 
This bill amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to state plans for the ongoing oversight and coordination of health care services for children in a foster care placement.
 
An initial mental health screening of any child in foster care must be completed within 30 days after the child enters into foster care. In the case of any child for whom a mental health issue is identified in such initial screening, a comprehensive assessment of the child's mental health must be completed within 60 days after the child's entry into foster care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Bill: 115-s-443
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2017-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: 

Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

 
This bill amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to establish an unlawful employment practice when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in investigations, proceedings, or litigation under such Act was a motivating factor for any unlawful employment practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as "mixed motive" claims).
 
The bill: (1) permits a complaining party to rely on any type or form of admissible evidence, which need only be sufficient for a reasonable trier of fact to find that an unlawful practice occurred; and (2) declares that a complaining party shall not be required to demonstrate that age or retaliation was the sole cause of the employment practice (thereby rejecting the Supreme Court's decision in 
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
, which requires a complainant to prove that age was the "but-for" cause for the employer's decision).
 
The bill authorizes a court in a claim in which age discrimination is shown to grant declaratory and injunctive relief, but prohibits a court from awarding damages or issuing an order requiring any admission, reinstatement, hiring, promotion, or payment.
 
The bill applies the same standard of proof to other employment discrimination and retaliation claims, including claims under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-445
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2017-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: 

Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-446
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: 
 

Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a qualified individual to carry a concealed handgun into or possess a concealed handgun in another state that allows its residents to carry concealed firearms.
 
A qualified individual must: (1) be eligible to possess, transport, or receive a firearm under federal law; (2) carry a valid photo identification document; and (3) carry a valid state-issued concealed carry permit, or be eligible to carry a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Bill: 115-s-448
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2017-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: 

Medicare Mental Health Access Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of qualified psychologist services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate