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Global Respect Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1170
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Sanctions
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: 

Global Respect Act
 
Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the President to submit to Congress, every 180 days, a list of each foreign person that the President determines is responsible for or complicit in, or who acted as an agent for a foreign person in a matter relating to, detention, torture, or other denials of the right to life, liberty, or security of a person based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
 The Department of State shall issue public guidance relating to how names of foreign persons may be included on such list. 
 
A foreign listed person: (1) may be removed from the list under specified conditions; (2) is ineligible to enter or be admitted to the United States, or (3) if in the United States, shall have his or her visa revoked and be removed. 
 
The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security may waive such prohibition if such waiver is in U.S. national security interests or is necessary for compliance with the Agreement between the United Nations (U.N.) and the United States regarding the U.N. Headquarters. Congressional notification is required prior to any such waiver.
 
The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor shall designate a senior officer or officers to track violence, criminalization, and restrictions on fundamental freedoms in foreign countries based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to require the annual country reports on human rights practices to include information on sexual orientation or gender identity violence or restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Keeping Girls in School Act

Bill: 115-s-1171
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
HIV/AIDS
Human rights
Marriage and family status
Nutrition and diet
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Keeping Girls in School Act

 
This bill establishes an Adolescent Girls Education Challenge Fund from which funds may be made available for the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other federal agencies to work with external partners to implement innovative programs to ensure that adolescent girls enroll and succeed in school.
 
The State Department and USAID are authorized to initiate and advance programs that support educational opportunities for adolescent girls and that reduce specific barriers adolescent girls face in attaining inclusive and equitable educational opportunities. USAID's Senior Coordinators for International Basic Education Assistance and Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment and the State Department's Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues shall be responsible for the oversight and coordination of all U.S. resources and activities relating to promoting educational opportunities for adolescent girls.
 
The State Department and USAID shall seek to determine that programs carried out under this bill:
 
 
 employ rigorous monitoring and evaluation methodologies to ensure that programs and activities demonstrably close the gap in gender parity for secondary education and improve the quality of education offered to adolescent girls; 
 
 disaggregate all data collected and reported by age, gender, marital and motherhood status, and urbanity; and 
 
 adhere to the State Department's Policy Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality and USAID's Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy. 
 
 
The Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues shall develop or review, update, submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the Internet a U.S. global strategy to empower adolescent girls. The U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, issued in March 2016, shall be deemed to fulfill such requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Respect Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1172
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Sanctions
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Global Respect Act
 
Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the President to submit to Congress, every 180 days, a list of each foreign person that the President determines is responsible for or complicit in, or who acted as an agent for a foreign person in a matter relating to, detention, torture, or other denials of the right to life, liberty, or security of a person based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
 The Department of State shall issue public guidance relating to how names of foreign persons may be included on such list. 
 
A foreign listed person: (1) may be removed from the list under specified conditions; (2) is ineligible to enter or be admitted to the United States, or (3) if in the United States, shall have his or her visa revoked and be removed. 
 
 The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security may waive such prohibition if such waiver is in U.S. national security interests or is necessary for compliance with the Agreement between the United Nations (U.N.) and the United States regarding the U.N. Headquarters. Congressional notification is required prior to any such waiver.
 
The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor shall designate a senior officer or officers to track violence, criminalization, and restrictions on fundamental freedoms in foreign countries based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to require the annual country reports on human rights practices to include information on sexual orientation or gender identity violence or restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Custody Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1173
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Family relationships
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Child Custody Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion. 
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both. The bill provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a minor whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or condition.
 
This bill also prohibits and imposes criminal penalties on an individual who commits incest with a minor and knowingly transports the minor across a state line to receive an abortion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1174
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Books and print media
Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions
Intellectual property
Literature
Music
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, scholarly compositions, or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no less than 18 months after their creation. The bill limits the amount of the deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income, as defined by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3043)
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Our Heroes Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1175
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Protection of officials
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Protect Our Heroes Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime: (1) to kill, or attempt or conspire to kill, a federal judge, a federal law enforcement officer, or a federally funded public safety officer who is on duty; or (2) to kill a former federal judge, federal law enforcement officer, or federally funded public safety officer on account of their past performance of duties. An offender is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine and a mandatory minimum prison term.
 
This bill also makes it a crime: (1) to assault, or attempt to assault, a federally funded public safety officer who is on duty; or (2) to assault a former federally funded public safety officer on account of their past performance of official duties or because of their perceived status as a federally funded public safety officer. An offender is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine and a mandatory minimum prison term. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Repay Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1176
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Repay Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to expand the student loan repayment options for new borrowers of William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans to include a simplified income-driven repayment plan. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human rights reports to include information on the institutionalization of children and the subjection of children to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons.

Bill: 115-s-1177
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require annual country reports on human rights practices to include information on: (1) the institutionalization of children in orphanages and group homes when such institutionalization can be avoided by reunifying children with parents of origin or placing them in adoptive homes; and (2) the subjection of children to cruel or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Vulnerable Children and Families Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1178
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Domestic violence and child abuse
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Family services
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International law and treaties
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Vulnerable Children and Families Act of 2017

 
 This bill redesignates the Office of Children's Issues of the Department of State as the Office of Vulnerable Children and Family Security (VCFS).
 
The President shall appoint an Ambassador-at-Large to promote: (1) oversight of the VCFS; (2) the implementation in foreign countries of child welfare laws and policies in keeping with the goals of the United States Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity; and (3) addressing the gap in U.S. diplomacy, policy, and operations regarding permanent family care for children living without families. 
 
The Ambassador-at-Large shall: (1) advise the State Department and the President about vulnerable children and family security in foreign countries; (2) represent the United States regarding international child welfare, family preservation and reunification, and provision of permanent, safe parental care; (3) develop related policies and programs; and (4) submit an annual report on implementation of such action plan.
 
 The bill provides the VCFS with lead responsibility for: (1) representing the U.S. government regarding intercountry adoptions, and (2) determining whether a country has met its obligations under the Hague Convention of Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption and is eligible to participate in intercountry adoptions in accordance with U.S. law.
 
 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to: (1) include in the annual country reports on human rights practices information on the conditions of children living in orphanages and group homes, and (2) repeal certain provisions providing assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children.
 
 The Special Advisor for Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable Children shall work with the Ambassador-at-Large to ensure that U.S. assistance and development programs are focused on: 
 
 
child development through the integration of health, nutrition, and family support; 
 
facilitating government efforts to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect; 
 
building integrated child welfare and protection systems; and 
 
integrating such objectives with U.S. government agencies. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

Bill: 115-s-1179
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Laos
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

 
 This bill authorizes burial in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of the remains of any individual: (1) who was naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 and who resided in the United States at the time of death; or (2) who the Department of Veterans Affairs determines served honorably with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and who, at the time of death, resided in the United States and was a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Energy Grid Act

Bill: 115-s-1180
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Clean Energy Grid Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to address the integration of clean distributed energy into electric grids. Clean distributed energy means energy (e.g., solar and wind energy) that is generated on customer sites and interconnected with the electric grid. Specifically, DOE must: 
 
 
study the status of integration of clean distributed energy into electric grids, 
 
identify issues requiring additional research or regulatory development, 
 
make grants for research proposals that address technical barriers identified in the study, and 
 
 convene a working group of stakeholders to address regulatory barriers to deployment of intelligent grid integration of clean distributed energy technologies. 
 
 
DOE may make grants to implement integration demonstration projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act

Bill: 115-s-1181
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government liability
Land use and conservation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act 

 
 This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a process to provide eligible organizations and individuals expedited access to federal land to conduct good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, which are searches for one or more missing individuals believed to be deceased at the time that the search is initiated. 
 
The bill sets forth procedures for the approval or denial of requests made by eligible organizations or individuals to carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission. 
 
Interior and USDA shall develop search-and-recovery focused partnerships with search-and-recovery organizations to coordinate good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and expedite and accelerate mission efforts for missing individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-225.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-225.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
FDA Regulatory Efficiency Act

Bill: 115-s-1183
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2017-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health technology, devices, supplies
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: 

FDA Regulatory Efficiency Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a third-party quality system assessment program to accredit persons to assess whether a medical device manufacturer's quality system can ensure the safety and effectiveness or substantial equivalence of an approved medical device after certain changes, including changes in manufacturing or changes to enhance device safety.
 
Device manufacturers with quality systems that have been certified by an accredited person are allowed to make changes to a device without submitting to the FDA the premarket notification, 30-day notice, or premarket approval supplement that would otherwise be required.
 
An accredited person who assesses a device manufacturer's quality system must submit a summary of their assessment and, as appropriate, a certification of the quality system to the FDA within 30 days of the assessment. An assessment summary and certification is deemed accepted by the FDA 30 days after submission unless the FDA determines that additional information is needed to support certification, the assessment or certification is unwarranted, or an action other than acceptance of the certification is otherwise justified.
 
Device manufacturers who make changes to devices without submitting a premarket notification must describe the changes in an annual summary submitted to the FDA. Changes made without submitting a 30-day notice or a premarket approval supplement must be described in a periodic report.
 
Certifications accepted by the FDA remain in effect for two years.
 The FDA must report on this quality system assessment program no later than January 31, 2022. The program is terminated at the end of FY2022.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate