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Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-595
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Personnel records
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Boots on the Border Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 to expand the categories of certain applicants for law enforcement positions with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for whom polygraph examinations may be waived.
 
An individual who receives such a waiver and who holds a Tier 4 background investigation shall be subject to a Tier 5 single scope background investigation.
 
The CBP may administer a polygraph examination to an applicant for a law enforcement position who received a waiver if the CBP determines, based on information discovered before the completion of a background investigation, that a polygraph is necessary to make a final determination with respect to the suitability of the individual for the position.

action_date: 2017-07-24
text: 

Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 to expand the categories of applicants for law enforcement positions with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for whom polygraph examinations may be waived.
 
(Sec. 3) An applicant who receives such a waiver and who holds a Tier 4 background investigation shall be subject to a Tier 5 background investigation.
 
The CBP may administer a polygraph examination to an applicant for a law enforcement position who received a waiver if the CBP determines, based on information discovered prior to the completion of a background investigation, that a polygraph is necessary to make a final determination with respect to the suitability of the individual for the position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-133.
action_date: 2017-07-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-133.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
SEAT Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-596
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Seat Egress in Air Travel Act of 2017 or the SEAT Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations: 
 
 
 establishing minimum standards for space on passenger aircraft, including the size, width, and pitch of seats, the amount of leg room, and the width of aisles on such aircraft for the safety and health of passengers; and 
 
 requiring each air carrier to prominently display on its website the amount of space available for each passenger on aircraft it operates. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act

Bill: 115-s-597
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Higher education
Law enforcement officers
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution (EFC) used to determine financial need in the case of a Pell Grant-eligible student whose parent or guardian died in the line of duty as a police officer, firefighter, or other public safety officer. Such student is eligible to receive an automatic zero EFC and qualify for the maximum Pell Grant award if the student was less than 24 years old or enrolled at an institution of higher education at the time of the parent or guardian's death.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S5077-5078)
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S5077-5078)
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5077-5078)
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5077-5078)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-598
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their tax deductions a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for their employment-related expenses incurred in caring for a child under the age of 13 or a child who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care (qualifying child). The deduction is subject to annual limits of $7,000 for taxpayers with one qualifying child or $14,000 for taxpayers with two or more qualifying children. The bill allows an annual inflation adjustment to such amounts for taxable years beginning after 2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Indiana Dunes National Park Designation Act

Bill: 115-s-599
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Indiana
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Indiana Dunes National Park Designation Act

 
This bill renames the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as the Indiana Dunes National Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-600
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 201

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This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to amend the rules concerning the factors it considers when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the need for public assistance: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to the estimated cost of the assistance (10%), localized impacts (40%), insurance coverage in force (10%), hazard mitigation (10%), recent multiple disasters (10%), programs of other federal assistance (10%), and economic circumstances (10%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of both the local economy of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate) and the state economy (including the unemployment rate).
 
Such rules must provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the severity, magnitude, and impact of the disaster and the evaluation of the need for assistance to individuals: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to concentration of damages (20%), trauma (20%), special populations (20%), voluntary agency assistance (10%), insurance (20%), average amount of individual assistance by state (5%), and economic considerations (5%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate).
 
Such rules are applicable to any disaster for which a governor requested a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and was denied on or after January 1, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1746)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-601
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Education programs funding
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title VII (Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish, as part of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program, the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program.
 
It authorizes the Department of Education, under the FIPSE program, to award Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs), or consortia of IHEs, to provide and expand study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1748)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act

Bill: 115-s-602
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Fires
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) 100% expensing in a current taxable year of the cost of automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property, as defined by this bill; and (2) accelerated depreciation (i.e., a 15-year recovery period) of automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property that has a certain classification by the National Fire Protection Association and is installed in a building or structure that was placed in service before the sprinkler system and has an occupiable story that is greater than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. 
 
&quot;Automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property&quot; does not include any sprinkler system required to be installed under state or local law due to the degree of additions or improvements made to a building or structure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1748-1749)
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez.

Bill: 115-s-603
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Provides for the relief of Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Highway Rights-of-Way Permitting Efficiency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-604
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Highway Rights-of-Way Permitting Efficiency Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Department of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to establish a program to enter into memoranda of understanding with states to allow for the permitting of broadband within an operational right-of-way to enable broadband providers to install infrastructure that allows users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications.
 
The &quot;operational right-of-way&quot; is defined as all real property interests (including easements) acquired for the construction or operation of a project.
 
A state's governor, or a state's top-ranking transportation official in charge of highway construction, may enter into such a memorandum for a term not to exceed 10 years if the state consents to: (1) federal court jurisdiction, (2) federal environmental review procedures, (3) judicial review of decisions regarding the public availability of documents, (4) maintenance of necessary financial resources, and (5) the provision of any information that USDA or Interior needs to ensure that the state is carrying out its responsibilities.
 
USDA and Interior must designate projects within an existing operational right-of-way as actions categorically excluded from federal regulations relating to environmental assessments or environmental impact statements.
 
Interior must establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in each BLM field office with responsibility for issuing permits for broadband projects. Under the program, Interior acts as the lead agency for the issuance of a single permit on behalf of all other federal agencies involved in a broadband project through a memorandum of understanding with USDA, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act

Bill: 115-s-605
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Public participation and lobbying
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act

 
This bill amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior from being required to engage in any additional consultation with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of a critical habitat, if a land management plan or land use plan, respectively, has been adopted by USDA or Interior as of the date of the listing or designation; or (2) any provision of such an adopted plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-27
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-112.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-606
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2017-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of the Treasury
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Personnel records
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: 

Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish requirements and authorities for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) related to: (1) preventing identify theft and tax refund fraud, and (2) the electronic filing of tax returns. 
 
 The IRS must: 
 
 
 develop and implement guidelines for stolen identity refund fraud cases, 
 
 provide specified notifications to suspected victims of identity theft, 
 
establish a local law enforcement liaison for tax-related identity theft and other tax fraud matters,
 
use information from the Do Not Pay Initiative to help prevent identity theft refund fraud, 
 
establish a program to issue identity protection personal identification numbers to any individual after the individual's identity has been verified, 
 
 establish an Internet platform for Form 1099 filings,
 
 require electronically prepared paper returns to include a scannable code to convert the form to an electronic format, and 
 
 verify the identity of individuals opening e-Services accounts. 
 
 
The bill also:
 
 
increases penalties associated with identify theft,
 
permits the IRS to transfer appropriations between accounts to combat tax fraud, 
 
reinstates streamlined critical pay authority for certain IRS information technology positions,
 
amends the Social Security Act to permit the IRS to access the National Directory of New Hires for tax administration purposes,
 
permits the IRS to establish minimum standards for professional tax preparers, and 
 
 expands the authority of the IRS to require certain taxpayers to file electronic returns. 
 
 
The IRS and the Department of the Treasury must submit to Congress specified reports regarding identify theft and tax refund fraud. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to nullify the effect of the March 6, 2017, Executive order that temporarily restricts most nationals from six countries from entering the United States.

Bill: 115-s-608
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Libya
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 
This bill rescinds the provisions of Executive Order 13780, entitled &quot;Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.&quot; Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of nationals from six countries (Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-609
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2017-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: 

Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides chiropractic care and services to veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and clinics to be carried out at: (1) no fewer than 75 medical centers by December 31, 2018, and (2) all medical centers by December 31, 2020.
 
Chiropractic examinations and services are included within required VA medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-299.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate