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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the overtime rule published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Labor on May 23, 2016, would provide millions of workers with greater economic security and was a legally valid exercise of the authority of the Secretary under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

Bill: 115-sconres-20
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Labor
Labor standards
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the final rule issued on May 23, 2016, by the Department of Labor titled &quot;Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees&quot;: (1) would provide more than 13 million workers with greater economic security, (2) was created through the legally valid exercises of the congressionally delegated authority of the Department of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and (3) should be defended and enforced with due haste.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3865-3866)
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution urging the Government of the People's Republic of China to unconditionally release Liu Xiaobo, together with his wife Liu Xia, to allow them to freely meet with friends, family, and counsel and seek medical treatment wherever they desire.

Bill: 115-sconres-21
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional tributes
Detention of persons
Human rights
Protest and dissent
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 
Recognizes Liu Xiaobo for his decades of peaceful struggle for basic human rights and democracy in the People's Republic of China.
 
Urges the Chinese government to unconditionally release Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia, and the President to seek their humanitarian transfer from China so that Liu Xiaobo can seek medical treatment in the United States or elsewhere overseas.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3866)
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017

Bill: 115-sconres-22
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: 

Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017

 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) should fully use the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program and the DOD Information Technology Exchange Program to obtain cyber personnel across the government by leveraging cyber capabilities found at the state and local government level and in the private sector in order to meet the needs of DOD for cybersecurity professionals, and (2) DOD should implement at the earliest practicable date a strategy that includes policies and plans to fully use such programs to obtain such personnel for DOD.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4119-4120)
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II.

Bill: 115-sconres-23
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on October 25, 2017, for a ceremony to present a Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service.

action_date: 2017-09-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on October 25, 2017, for a ceremony to present a Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service.

action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on October 25, 2017, for a ceremony to present a Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H7287)
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H7287)
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7287)
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Mr. Harper asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5016-5017; text as passed Senate: CR S5006)
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5016-5017; text as passed Senate: CR S5006)
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 601.

Bill: 115-sconres-24
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2017-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: 
Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make specified corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 601 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017).

action_date: 2017-09-07
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make specified corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 601 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017).

action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make specified corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 601 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H7200-7201)
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H7200-7201)
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7200-7201)
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Mr. Calvert asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Held at the desk.
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: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5077; text as passed Senate: CR S5061-5062)
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5077; text as passed Senate: CR S5061-5062)
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor.

Bill: 115-sconres-26
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-10-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor.

action_date: 2017-10-16
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor.

action_date: 2017-10-25
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
 
(Sec. 1) Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8168)
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H8168)
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Mr. Harper asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8168)
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2017-10-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6409; text: CR S6406)
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6409; text: CR S6406)
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of S. 782.

Bill: 115-sconres-28
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make specified technical corrections in the enrollment of S. 782 (PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017).

action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make specified technical corrections in the enrollment of S. 782 (PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017).

action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make specified technical corrections in the enrollment of S. 782 (PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8393)
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H8393)
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8393)
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Mr. Poe (TX) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2017-10-31
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2017-10-27
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6859-6860; text as passed Senate: CR S6858)
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6859-6860; text as passed Senate: CR S6858)
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.

Bill: 115-sconres-29
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Israel
Middle East
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 
Commemorates the centenary of the Balfour Declaration.
 
 Affirms the Senate's commitment to maintaining the strongest of bilateral ties with Israel.
 
 Recognizes the importance of Israel's establishment as a secure and democratic homeland for the Jewish people. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7003)
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to United States policy toward Tibet and that the treatment of the Tibetan people should be an important factor in the conduct of United States relations with the People's Republic of China.

Bill: 115-sconres-30
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Federal officials
Human rights
Protest and dissent
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Tibet
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that it should be U.S. policy to:
 
 
 make the treatment of the Tibetan people an important factor in the conduct of U.S. relations with the People's Republic of China; 
 
 consistent with the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, encourage the Chinese government to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama leading to a negotiated agreement on Tibet, publicly call for the release of those held prisoner for expressing their political or religious views in Tibetan areas, and establish an office in Lhasa, Tibet, to assist visiting U.S. citizens and monitor political, economic, and cultural developments in Tibet;
 
 appoint the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues at the rank of Under Secretary of State; 
 
 revoke appropriate privileges of any Chinese official found responsible for impeding access of U.S. citizens to Tibet and ensure that reciprocal visa processing measures are occurring;
 
 continue to designate China as a country of particular concern pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998; and 
 
 engage with appropriate Chinese officials to stop the demolition of Tibetan Buddhist religious institutions, revise religious and travel regulations to conform with international human rights standards, and ensure that Tibetan nomads are allowed to continue their way of life on the Tibetan Plateau and are not forcibly relocated into &quot;socialist villages.&quot; 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7306-7308)
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole.

Bill: 115-sconres-31
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2017-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 
Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on January 17, 2018, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole.

action_date: 2017-12-20
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on January 17, 2018, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole.

action_date: 2017-12-21
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on January 17, 2018, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H10361)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H10361)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Mr. Harper asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10361-10362)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8151; text: CR S8150)
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8151; text: CR S8150)
action_date: 2017-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and protected for all people of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, and recognizing the 232nd anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.

Bill: 115-sconres-32
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2018-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
First Amendment rights
Human rights
Religion
U.S. history
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-16
text: 
Calls for honoring the 232nd anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on Religious Freedom Day, January 16, 2018.
 
Affirms that: 
 
 
religious freedom includes the right of individuals of any faith and individuals of no faith to live, work, associate, and worship in accordance with their beliefs; 
 
all people of the United States can be unified in supporting religious freedom because it is a fundamental human right; and 
 
the American people will remain forever unshackled in matters of faith. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 195.

Bill: 115-sconres-33
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: 
Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 195 (Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017) to: (1) modify the titles for the bill, (2) compensate employees who were furloughed as a result of the lapse in appropriations which began on or about January 20, 2018; (3) require certain states, federal grantees, and furloughed state employees to be compensated or reimbursed for periods in which there is a lapse in FY2018 appropriations; and (4) specify that the time covered by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 includes the period that began on or about January 20, 2018, during which there was a lapse in appropriations.

action_date: 2018-01-22
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 195 (Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017) to: (1) modify the titles for the bill; (2) compensate employees who were furloughed as a result of the lapse in appropriations which began on or about January 20, 2018; (3) require certain states, federal grantees, and furloughed state employees to be compensated or reimbursed for periods in which there is a lapse in FY2018 appropriations; and (4) specify that the time covered by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 includes the period that began on or about January 20, 2018, during which there was a lapse in appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H620-621)
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H620-621)
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Mr. McCarthy asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H620-621)
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S437; text: CR S441-442)
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S437; text: CR S441-442)
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution recognizing the rich history, heritage, and strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Marshallese population residing in the United States.

Bill: 115-sconres-34
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2018-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional tributes
International law and treaties
Marshall Islands
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-27
text: 
Recognizes the strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the importance of the renegotiation of the Compact of Free Association with the United States and encourages a continued commitment to improve census data to better serve citizens of the republic living in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1253)
action_date: 2018-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate