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Preventing and Treating Gambling Disorder in the Military Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1439
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Gambling
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: 

Preventing and Treating Gambling Disorder in the Military Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to incorporate medical screening questions specific to gambling disorder into the Annual Periodic Health Assessment conducted by DOD for members of the Armed Forces.
 
DOD shall incorporate into ongoing research efforts questions on gambling disorder, including by restoring such questions into the Health Related Behaviors Survey of Active Duty Military Personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Contractor Accountability and Workplace Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1440
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: 

Contractor Accountability and Workplace Safety Act of 2017

 
This bill requires contracting officers of the Department of Defense (DOD), before awarding or renewing a contract for the procurement of property or services, including construction, valued over $1 million, to consider any identified violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) or equivalent state laws by the offeror or any subcontractors. 
 
The bill requires DOD to: (1) shall establish policies and practices with respect to responsibility determinations for contractors, and (2) protect the rights of contractors to protest bids and appeal actions taken under this bill.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the health and safety records of DOD contractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1441
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2017-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: 

Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make appropriations for and extend indefinitely: (1) enhanced funding for the community health centers program and the National Health Service Corps, and (2) grants for federally qualified health centers and nurse-managed health centers to train family nurse practitioners to become primary care providers. The bill makes appropriations for capital projects under the community health centers program.
 The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations for and extend indefinitely a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Our Arctic Interests Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1442
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-06-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arctic and polar regions
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
Military command and structure
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: 

Securing Our Arctic Interests Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to enter into a contract or contracts to procure up to six polar-class icebreakers. 
 
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report to Congress on the cost and procurement schedule for new icebreakers. 
 
The Department of the Navy must report to the congressional defense committees on the Navy's capabilities in the Arctic region. The GAO shall transmit a review of such report to such committees. 
 
The bill establishes a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Arctic Region, who shall oversee: 
 
 
advocacy for U.S. national security interests in the region,
 
mitigation of operational seams to improve unity of effort among the combatant commands with responsibility for the region,
 
identification of any capability and resource gaps in the region and the formulation of plans to mitigate such gaps,
 
identification of actions by foreign nations that increase the threat to U.S. interests in the region and the formulation of mitigation plans, and
 
planning of military-to-military cooperation with partner nations that have mutual security interests in the region. 
 
 
The Department of Defense must report to the congressional defense committees on: (1) the requirements and investment plans for military infrastructure required to protect national security interests in the region; and (2) strategies to improve U.S. communications, domain awareness, and navigational capabilities in the region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Software Management Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1443
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Department of Defense Software Management Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill modifies Department of Defense (DOD) software devleopment standards to permit the use of open source software. Open source software is software with a source code that any individual can inspect, modify, and enhance. A software contractor must release source code and related technical data for such software in a public repository approved by DOD. DOD shall apply open source licenses to existing custom-developed computer software and release related source code and technical data into the repository.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act

Bill: 115-s-1444
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act 

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employee to elect to defer, for income tax purposes, income attributable to certain stock transferred to the employee by an employer. 
 
The employee may defer the inclusion of income from the stock until the year that includes the earliest of the dates on which: 
 
 
 the stock becomes transferable; 
 
 the employee becomes an excluded employee; 
 
 stock of the corporation becomes readily tradable on an established securities market; 
 
seven years have passed after the rights of the employee in the stock are transferable or are not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, whichever occurs earlier; or 
 
the employee revokes the election with respect to the stock. 
 
 
The stock must meet specified requirements and be transferred to the employee from an eligible corporation in connection with the performance of services as an employee. 
 
A corporation is eligible if: (1) no stock of the corporation or a predecessor is readily tradable on an established securities market during any preceding year; and (2) it has a written plan under which at least 80% of certain employees are granted stock options, or restricted stock units, with the same rights and privileges to receive qualified stock.
 
Employees are excluded if they: (1) are a 1% owner, the chief executive officer, or the chief financial officer of the corporation or have been at any time during the 10 preceding calendar years; (2) are a family member of the specified individuals; or (3) have been one of the four highest compensated officers of the corporation during any of the 10 preceding taxable years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

Bill: 115-s-1445
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and has been repeatedly flooded, as specified by the bill, to: (1) assess the continuing risks to community areas repeatedly damaged by floods; and (2) develop and implement a publicly available, community-specific plan for mitigating continuing flood risks to such areas.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must, upon request, provide a community with appropriate data to assist in preparation of the required plan.
 
In making decisions with respect to awarding mitigation grants under the Act, FEMA may consider the extent to which a community has complied with these requirements and is working to remedy problems with repeatedly flooded areas.
 
A community that does not comply with these requirements may be subject to appropriate sanctions, including suspension from the National Flood Insurance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

Bill: 115-s-1446
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 
This bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize for FY2018-FY2024 the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 389.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-234.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-234.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-504.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1448
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Department of the Treasury
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Postal Regulatory Commission
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Surface Transportation Board

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the President to require an independent regulatory agency to: (1) comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to other federal agencies, (2) provide the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs with an assessment of the costs and benefits of a proposed or final economically significant rule and an assessment of costs and benefits of potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives to the rule, (3) publish the assessments with the rules, and (4) submit to the office for review any proposed or final economically significant rule.
 
An economically significant rule means a rule that is likely to: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more; or (2) adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities.
 
In addition, it prohibits judicial review of an independent regulatory agency's compliance with the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1449
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: 

Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay for the training and employment of Veterans Health Administration medical residents and interns at a covered facility, which includes: (1) a VA facility; (2) a facility operated by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or the Indian Health Service; (3) a federally-qualified health center; or (4) a community health center. (Currently, such payments are authorized only for VA facilities.) 
 
 The VA shall carry out an eight-year pilot program to establish or affiliate with graduate medical education residency training programs at not more than four facilities. The VA shall reimburse each participating facility for the costs of:
 
 
curriculum development; 
 
recruitment, training, supervision, and retention of residents and faculty;
 
accreditation of education programs; 
 
faculty salaries attributable to program activities; and
 
other expenses relating to providing medical education under the program. 
 
 
A program participant: (1) shall agree to one year of obligated service at a covered or a VA facility for each year of partipation in the program, (2) who fails to satisfy the obligated service period shall be liable to the United States for a prorated portion of the amount paid for program participation, and (3) during the period of obligated service, shall be eligible for participation in the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and the VA Education Debt Reduction Program.
 
 A covered facility for pilot program purposes means a facility: (1) operated by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or the Indian Health Service that has an existing reimbursement agreement with the VA; and (2) located in a rural or remote area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial Flight Courtesy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1450
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Commercial Flight Courtesy Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations prohibiting an individual on an aircraft from engaging in voice communications using a mobile device during a flight in scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation. DOT must exempt from the prohibition: (1) members of the flight crew on duty on an aircraft, and (2) federal law enforcement officers acting in an official capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
RAILS Act

Bill: 115-s-1451
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying
Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Railroad Advancement of Innovation and Leadership with Safety Act or the RAILS Act

 
This bill seeks to promote alternative approaches to railroad safety through self-regulation.
 
Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) shall:
 
 
before proposing or adopting a rule, consider an approach that specifies performance objectives rather than identifies or requires the specific manner of compliance that a regulated entity must adopt;
 
 before issuing a proposed rule, publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking unless the proposed rule is not likely to result in a &quot;significant rule&quot; (i.e., a rule that has an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or meets other specified criteria);
 
before issuing any proposed rule or final rule, conduct a regulatory impact analysis to evaluate the proposed rule or final rule;
 
by June 1, 2019, and at least every five years thereafter, complete a comprehensive review of the regulations, orders, and guidance documents issued; and
 
 include, in each significant rule prescribed on or after December 31, 2017, a framework for assessing the rule's effects.
 
 
DOT may waive compliance with any part of a regulation prescribed or order issued if the waiver: (1) is in the public interest; (2) requires the recipient to adopt an alternative technology, practice, or system that could achieve a level of safety equivalent to or greater than that which would be obtained in the absence of the waiver; and (3) includes a DOT-approved evaluation framework.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Restructuring Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1452
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Restructuring Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) the position of Chief Information Officer of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), who shall: (1) serve at the Central Office of the VA; and (2) be responsible for, and report to the Under Secretary on, all matters regarding the procurement, acquisition, and management of information technology systems and services for the VHA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening the Addiction Treatment Workforce Act

Bill: 115-s-1453
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Strengthening the Addiction Treatment Workforce Act

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include substance use disorder treatment facilities as medical facilities that may be designated as health professional shortage areas by the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill specifies the services that such a facility must provide to be eligible.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate