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Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-1263
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Earth sciences
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Florida
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.
 
The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled &quot;Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Bank Sensible Regulation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1264
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Community Bank Sensible Regulation Act of 2017

 
This bill amends federal finance laws to allow federal financial regulatory agencies to exempt from their regulatory purview, based on consideration of specified factors, certain depository institutions with less than $10 billion in assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3218)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Dry Cask Storage Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1265
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Government trust funds
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Dry Cask Storage Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require each licensee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to submit a plan for: (1) transfer (including on-going additional transfers) to spent nuclear fuel dry casks of any spent nuclear fuel stored by the licensee for at least seven years in spent nuclear fuel pools, and (2) configuration of the remaining spent nuclear fuel in the pool in a manner that minimizes the chance of a fire if there is a loss of water in the pool.
 
The NRC must approve or disapprove the plan within 90 days after its submission.
 
The NRC may provide grants to any licensee with an approved plan to assist in the cost of transferring spent nuclear fuel to dry casks under the plan.
 
The bill requires the emergency planning zone applicable to each civilian nuclear power reactor to be at least 10 miles in radius until all spent nuclear fuel at the reactor has been transferred to dry casks.
 
 The NRC must expand to 50 miles in radius the emergency planning zone applicable to each reactor not in compliance with an approved plan. The licensee is responsible for all costs associated with the expansion.
 
The Department of the Treasury must transfer annually to the NRC, to pay the costs of the grant program, 10% of the interest generated during the preceding fiscal year from investments of the Nuclear Waste Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-1267
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Intergovernmental relations
Mining
Oil and gas
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

State Mineral Revenue Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to provide a mechanism for states to receive their entitled percentage of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state. 
 
The bill eliminates the 2% fee that the federal government currently deducts from a state's entitled share to cover administrative or other costs.
 
On request of a state, the Department of the Interior must convey to the state their entitled percentage of all right, title, and interest for all public land or deposits located in the state.Interior must provide prompt notice of any such conveyance and the duty of the leaseholder to make direct payments to the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Protection and Family Support Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1268
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Family services
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Child Protection and Family Support Act of 2017

 
This bill amends Part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the removal and foster care placement of a child to meet the requirements for foster care maintenance payments if the child has been placed with a parent residing in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse.
 
The bill revises requirements for grants to regional partnerships delivering services and producing activities designed to implement IV-E prevention services, improve the well-being of, and improve permanency outcomes for, children and families affected by heroin, opioids and other substance abuse. This grant program is reauthorized for FY2018-FY2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3218-3219)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Pipeline Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1269
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Pipeline Safety Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to amend a federal regulation relating to onshore oil pipeline operator response plans to oil discharges to require (under current law authorizes) the Office of Pipeline Safety of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to consult with the Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Coast Guard if a federal on scene coordinator has concerns regarding such operator's ability to respond to a worst case discharge of oil into or on the navigable waters or adjoining shorelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
STEM Opportunities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1270
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Census and government statistics
Child care and development
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
National Science Foundation
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

STEM Opportunities Act of 2017

 
This bill provides for guidance, data collection, and grants related to women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at institutions of higher education and at federal science agencies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation Act

Bill: 115-s-1271
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation Act

 
This bill designates specified mountain peaks in the Uncompahgre National Forest in Colorado as &quot;Fowler Peak&quot; and &quot;Boskoff Peak.&quot;


Legislative actions:
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. 115-482.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Drone Federalism Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1272
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Federal preemption
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Noise pollution
Property rights
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Drone Federalism Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration, in prescribing regulations or standards related to unmanned aircraft systems, to:
 
 
define, and limit the scope of, the preemptive effect of such regulations or standards; 
 
preserve the legitimate interests of state, local, and tribal governments (e.g., protecting public safety); 
 
preserve state, local, and tribal authority to issue certain reasonable restrictions on the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft system within 200 feet of the ground or a structure; 
 
authorize, only with a property owner's permission, the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft in the immediate reaches of the airspace above private property; and 
 
establish pilot programs with state, local, and tribal governments to regulate the operation of civil unmanned aircraft systems, coordinate enforcement efforts with respect to such regulations, and identify best practices. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3219-3220)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fuel Economy Harmonization Act

Bill: 115-s-1273
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Fuel Economy Harmonization Act
 
 
This bill revises requirements for calculating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) credits earned by a passenger automobile manufacturer for exceeding minimal required CAFE standards in a particular model year. Beginning in model year 2016 through model year 2021, a manufacturer may apply any credits earned after model year 2009 to subsequent model years. 
 
The bill revises fuel economy credit transferring program requirements allowing a manufacturer of a fleet that exceeds CAFE standards to transfer the earned credits and to apply them within that fleet to a compliance category of automobiles that fails to achieve prescribed CAFE standards. The maximum increases in any compliance category attributable to transferred credits are:
 
 
 1.0 mile per gallon, for model years 2010-2013;
 
 1.5 miles per gallon, for model years 2014-2016;
 
2.0 miles per gallon, for model years 2017 and 2018;
 
4.0 miles per gallon, for model years 2019-2021;
 
6.0 miles per gallon, for model year 2022 and subsequent model years.
 
 
The bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to modify its calculation of average fuel economy for model years 2012 through 2025 at the request of a manufacturer for its passenger and nonpassenger automobiles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Economic Growth and Development Act

Bill: 115-s-1274
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Public-private cooperation
Rule of law and government transparency
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Economic Growth and Development Act

 
This bill requires the President to: (1) establish a primary, interagency mechanism to assist the private sector in coordinating U.S. development programs with private sector investment activities; and (2) submit, annually, a strategy for the facilitation and coordination of private sector investments and activities for the purposes of development. 
 
Such mechanism shall: (1) streamline and integrate private sector liaison, coordination, and investment promotion functions of U.S. development agencies; (2) facilitate the use of development and finance tools across such agencies to attract greater private sector participation in development activities; and (3) establish a single point of contact for the private sector for partnership opportunities with such agencies.
 
The Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shall direct their policy teams to include private sector facilitation and coordination in all country, sector, and global development strategies.
 
 The State Department, USAID, and other relevant federal agencies shall ensure that analyses of rigorous, current constraints on growth and investment guide all such strategies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
BUIILD Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1275
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Bringing Useful Initiatives for Indian Land Development Act of 2017 or BUIILD Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to modify the environmental review process used for certain affordable housing activities on Indian reservations. Specifically, the bill allows an Indian tribe that receives federal funds in addition to block grant amounts under the Act to assume all of the responsibilities for environmental review that would apply to the federal agencies providing funds for the project if the grant amount constitutes the largest single source of federal funds that the tribe reasonably expects to commit to the project at the time of environmental review.
 
The bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the block grant program for affordable housing activities on Indian reservations, training and technical assistance for Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities, and the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund.
 
In addition, the bill increases from 50 years to 99 years the term that tribal trusts or restricted lands may be leased for housing development and residential purposes.
 
Funds provided under a grant under the Act may be used to meet matching or cost participation requirements under other federal or nonfederal programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-89.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act

Bill: 115-s-1276
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Child health
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education programs funding
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act

 
This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services to each evaluate whether cannabidiol, the nonpsychoactive substance derived from marijuana or the synthetic formulation, should be a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act. After taking into consideration the evaluations, the DEA must initiate proceedings for classifying cannabidiol as a controlled substance if control is warranted.
 
The bill expands the authority for: (1) conducting medical research on cannabidiol and other nonpsychoactive components of marijuana, and (2) possessing or transporting cannabidiol or any other nonpsychoactive component of marijuana for certain medicinal purposes.
 
The Department of Justice shall register an applicant to manufacture or distribute cannabidiol or marijuana for the purpose of commercial production if approved by HHS. 
 
Physicians who are licensed under state law may discuss the potential harms and benefits of cannabidiol or those components of marijuana as a treatment with their patients or the legal guardians of underage patients.
 
The bill terminates four years after enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3220-3221)
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
VET TEC Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1277
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Public contracts and procurement
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses Act of 2017 or the VET TEC Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a five-year pilot program to provide eligible veterans with the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of education, which are programs that are offered by entities other than institutions of higher learning, do not lead to a degree, and provide instruction in computer programming, computer software, media application, data processing, or information sciences.
 
The VA shall enter into contracts with multiple qualified providers of such programs, under which the VA shall pay: (1) 25% of the cost of providing the program upon the enrollment of an eligible veteran, (2) 25% of such cost when the veteran completes the program, and (3) 50% of such cost upon the veteran's employment following completion in a field related to the course of study.
 
A provider of a high technology program of education is qualified if the provider: (1) has offered, for at least two years, the credential it plans to provide under the pilot; (2) verifies that each such credential has demonstrated market value based on the employment and earnings of participants; and (3) has the ability to evaluate job placement rates and earnings through means other than survey or self-reported data.
 
 The VA shall give preference to a qualified provider that offers tuition reimbursement for any student who completes the program and does not find full-time meaningful employment within 180 days. 
 
The bill limits tuition and provides for removal of providers that increase tuition by more than 10% from the previous year.
 
The VA shall pay a monthly housing stipend to each eligible veteran enrolled full-time in such a program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-215.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Bill: 115-s-1278
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: 

Washington, D.C. Admission Act
 
 
This bill provides for admission into the United States of the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. The Commonwealth shall be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states. 
The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall issue a proclamation for the first elections to Congress of two Senators and one Representative of the Commonwealth. 
The Commonwealth shall consist of all Washington, DC territory as of enactment of this bill, with specified exclusions for federal buildings and monuments. 
The Commonwealth may not impose taxes on federal property except as Congress permits. 
The bill applies current DC laws to the Commonwealth and continues pending judicial proceedings. 
The bill maintains: (1) DC as the seat of the federal government, and (2) the federal government's authority over military lands and specified other property. 
The bill provides for expedited consideration of a joint resolution repealing the Twenty-Third Amendment to the Constitution (which provides for the appointment of electors for President and Vice President).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate