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Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-103
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government information and archives
Housing discrimination
Housing supply and affordability
Intergovernmental relations
Public housing
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill nullifies:
 
 
the final Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule entitled &quot;Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing&quot; and any successor rule substantially similar to it, and
 
the notice relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool and any successor notice or rule substantially similar to it.
 
 
No federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing.
 
HUD is required to: (1) consult with state, local government, and public housing agency officials to develop recommendations, consistent with applicable rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, to further the Fair Housing Act's purposes and policies; and (2) make a final report publicly available online within 12 months after enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-104
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Human trafficking
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to vacate convictions and expunge arrests for criminal offenses committed by trafficking victims that directly result from or relate to having been a trafficking victim.
 
A trafficking victim may file a motion: (1) to vacate a conviction for a nonviolent offense that does not include a child victim (i.e., under age 18); (2) to expunge records of an arrest for a nonviolent offense that does not include a child victim; or (3) to expunge records of an arrest for an offense that is violent or that includes a child victim, if the charges are reduced, dismissed, or disposed of. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-105
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to specify that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shall be managed by a board of directors rather than by a director and deputy director.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
ObamaCare Repeal Act

Bill: 115-s-106
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

ObamaCare Repeal Act

 
This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and restores provisions of law amended by those Acts, effective January 1, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguard Israel Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-107
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
United Nations
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Safeguard Israel Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the U.S. government from making any voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) or any U.N. organization until the President certifies to Congress that Security Council Resolution 2334 has been repealed.
 
Security Council Resolution 2334 characterizes Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal and demands cessation of settlement activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-108
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on the sale of a medical device by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-s-109
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage and payment with respect to certain pharmacist services that: (1) are furnished by a pharmacist in a health-professional shortage area, and (2) would otherwise be covered under Medicare if furnished by a physician. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Filipino Veterans Promise Act

Bill: 115-s-111
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Life, casualty, property insurance
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Philippines
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Filipino Veterans Promise Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to establish a process for determining whether individuals who served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or in the Philippine Scouts while in the service of the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II and who are not included in the Missouri List are eligible for certain benefits relating to their U.S. service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-215.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act

Bill: 115-s-112
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act

 
 This bill provides that the services for which a recipient of a grant under the Department of Veterans Affairs comprehensive service program for homeless veterans may receive per diem payments may include furnishing care for a dependent under the care of a veteran who is receiving services. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-299.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Maximizing Efficiency and Improving Access to Providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act

Bill: 115-s-113
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Maximizing Efficiency and Improving Access to Providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out an 18-month pilot program to increase the use of medical scribes to maximize the efficiency of physicians at VA medical facilities. A "medical scribe" is defined as a member of the medical team hired and trained to perform documentation in an electronic health record to maximize the productivity of a physician.
 
The program shall be conducted at not fewer than five medical facilities that: (1) have a high volume of patients; or (2) are in rural areas where there is a shortage of physicians and where each physician has a high caseload.
 
To carry out such program, the VA shall enter into a contract with one or more nongovernmental entities that train and employ professional medical scribes who specialize in the collection of medical data and data entry into electronic health records. 
 
The VA shall collect data to determine the effectiveness of the program, including information on changes in the average wait times for veterans to receive care, the average number of patients that a physician is able to see, the average amount of time such a physician spends on documentation, physician satisfaction and retention scores, and patient satisfaction scores.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Transplant Coverage Act

Bill: 115-s-115
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Veterans Transplant Coverage Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation on a live donor to carry out a transplant procedure for an eligible veteran, notwithstanding that the live donor may not be eligible for VA health care.
 
The VA shall furnish to such a donor any care or services that may be required before and after such procedure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-320.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.

Bill: 115-s-116
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 
 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.
 
 In establishing space-available transportation priorities under the travel program, DOD shall provide transportation on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the Armed Forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-118
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Buy American requirements
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of
 
2017

 
This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to specify that the Federal Trade Commission's regulation of the labeling of products as "Made in the U.S.A." or "Made in America" supersedes any conflicting state laws.

action_date: 2018-02-05
text: 

Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to specify that the Federal Trade Commission's regulation of the labeling of products as "Made in the U.S.A." or "Made in America" supersedes any conflicting state laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-203.
action_date: 2018-02-05
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-203.
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Bring Our Heroes Home Act

Bill: 115-s-120
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Libraries and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Missing persons
National Archives and Records Administration
North Korea
Personnel records
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Bring Our Heroes Home Act

 
This bill: (1) requires the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to establish the Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Collection; and (2) establishes the Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Review Board, which shall require all missing Armed Forces personnel records to be transmitted to NARA and disclosed to the public in the collection.
 
Each government office shall: (1) identify, review, and organize each such record in its possession for transmission to NARA; and (2) identify and review for public disclosure each such record previously transferred to NARA that remains classified. 
 
 Each presidential archival depository shall: (1) have as a priority the expedited review for public disclosure of such records in its possession, and (2) make such records available to the board. 
 
NARA shall: (1) make each such record identified as classified available for review by the originating body, and (2) prepare and make available to all government offices a standard form for collecting information relating to such records.
 
All such records shall be publicly disclosed in full and made available in the collection within five years after enactment of this bill unless the President certifies that: (1) postponement is necessary because of an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, or conduct of foreign relations; and (2) the harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
 
The Board shall: (1) render a decision on a determination of a government office to postpone the disclosure of any such record; (2) determine, within two years after enactment of this bill, whether all government offices have complied with it; (3) terminate after four years; and (4) transfer all of its records to NARA for inclusion in the collection.
 
The Board may request the Attorney General to petition any U.S. or foreign court to release information relevant to the loss, fate, or status of missing Armed Forces personnel that is held under seal of such court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Mortgage Debt Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-s-122
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Mortgage Debt Tax Relief Act 

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Bill: 115-s-124
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Intellectual property
Judicial review and appeals
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate proceedings against parties to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in connection with the sale of a drug. Such an agreement, with specified exceptions, is presumed to have anticompetitive effects and is a violation of this bill if the filer of the abbreviated new drug (generic) application receives anything of value and agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the generic drug. 
 
An agreement is exempted if the only consideration granted to the generic manufacturer is: (1) the right to market the generic drug prior to the expiration of any statutory exclusivity, (2) a payment for reasonable litigation expenses, or (3) a covenant not to sue on any claim that the generic drug infringes a patent. 
 
An entity subject to an FTC enforcement order may petition for the order be reviewed in federal court. Civil penalties are imposed for violations of this bill.
 
This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to require a brand name manufacturer and generic manufacturer to submit to the FTC any other agreements the parties enter into within 30 days of entering into an agreement related to the manufacturing, marketing, sale, or exclusivity period of a drug.
 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to forfeit the 180-day exclusivity period for a generic drug if the FTC or a court decides that an agreement violated this bill.
 
The FTC is granted exclusive authority to litigate matters relating to anticompetitive practices in connection with the sale of generic drugs. The FTC may not commence enforcement actions (other than cease and desist requests) more than six years after the FTC is notified of an agreement. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-125
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make foreign facilities that are located offshore and outside the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) liable for removal costs and damages that result from oil spills that reach (or threaten to reach) U.S. navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the EEZ. Specifically, the following parties may be held liable: (1) the owners or operators of the foreign facilities, including facilities located in, on, or under any land within foreign countries; and (2) the holders of a right of use and easement granted under applicable foreign law for the area in which the facility is located. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeal ID Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-126
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Repeal ID Act of 2017

 
This bill repeals provisions of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that prohibit federal agencies from accepting state-issued driver's licenses or identification cards that do meet minimum specified security requirements.
 
The bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish minimum standards for federal agency acceptance of state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards for purposes of identification. A federal agency may not accept such a driver's license or identification card issued more than two years after promulgation of such standards unless it conforms with such standards.
 
Each state shall certify to DOT that the state is in compliance with such standards. DOT shall award grants to assist states to conform driver's licenses and identification cards to such standards.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S316)
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate