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North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

Bill: 115-s-363
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Minnesota
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: 

North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

 
 This bill amends the National Trails System Act to revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to extend it to the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and to modify the route in northeastern Minnesota. 

action_date: 2017-06-08
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Trails System Act to revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to extend it to the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and to modify the route in northeastern Minnesota. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-99.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-99.
action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-364
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: 

Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt certain recipients of Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation assistance from specified reporting requirements. The bill exempts producers or landowners eligible to participate in any USDA conservation program from reporting requirements related to subawards, executive compensation, the Universal Identifier, and the System for Award Management. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-365
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to eliminate funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 
 
Under current law, amounts from civil penalties obtained by the CFPB must be used for payments to the victims of the activities for which the civil penalties were imposed; to the extent that such payments are impracticable, the CFPB may instead use those amounts for the purpose of consumer education and financial literacy programs. The bill eliminates these requirements and instead specifies that such amounts must be credited to the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
TAILOR Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-366
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: 

Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017 or the TAILOR Act of 2017

 
This bill requires federal financial regulatory agencies to: (1) in general, tailor a regulatory action so as to limit the regulatory impact and other burdens on the institutions involved, with consideration of the risk profiles and business models of those institutions; and (2) report to Congress on specific actions taken to do so, as well as on other related issues.
 
The bill's requirements apply not only to future regulatory actions but also to regulations adopted on or after July 21, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-108.
action_date: 2017-06-22
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-82.
action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-81.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-367
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Probation Officer Protection Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person (i.e., a person other than the probationer) without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe the person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer engaged in the performance of official duties.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act

Bill: 115-s-368
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Arizona
Endangered and threatened species
Intergovernmental relations
Livestock
Mammals
New Mexico
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016

 
This bill:
 
 
requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to publish a revised recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf populations in Arizona and New Mexico; 
 
 outlines what must be contained in the plan, including input from states and individuals, a maximum population of the wolf, and a specified range for the wolf; 
 
establishes a process for the state wildlife authority of Arizona or New Mexico to assume or supplant the USFWS' authority to manage such wolf in the relevant states if certain conditions are met; 
 
requires USFWS to reduce the population of such wolf within the specified range when the wolf's population exceeds the maximum population; and 
 
sets forth requirements for removing such wolf from the list of endangered species, threatened species, or experimental populations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 if the population recovery goal outlined in the plan is met.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
BRAVE Act

Bill: 115-s-369
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give preference to offerors based on the percentage of the offeror's full-time employees who are veterans.
 
The VA is authorized to debar from VA contracting for at least five years any offeror determined to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of its employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeal CFPB Act

Bill: 115-s-370
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Repeal CFPB Act

 
This bill repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
STOP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-372
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Customs enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Government liability
International law and treaties
Postal service
Tariffs
U.S. Postal Service
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the consignee (i.e., the entity financially responsible for the receipt of a shipment) for merchandise, excluding documents, imported through the mail into the United States. The Postmaster General must designate licensed customs brokers to file required documents or information for such shipments.
 
The bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to impose a customs user fee on postal shipments or any other item valued at $2,000 or less arriving at an international mail facility.
 
The bill amends the Trade Act of 2002 to direct the Department of the Treasury to require the Postmaster General to provide for the advanced electronic transmission to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain information for all postal shipments by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), including postal shipments it receives from foreign postal operators. 
 
The Postmaster General:
 
 
 shall be liable for civil penalties for postal shipment violations committed by a foreign postal operator or the USPS;
 
may be directly or indirectly responsible for discrepancies resulting from omissions made or false information provided by a foreign postal operator or the USPS; and
 
shall ensure that all costs and penalties associated with complying with this bill are recouped from foreign shippers, foreign postal operators, or U.S. ultimate consignees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution due to small arms fire.

Bill: 115-s-373
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Firearms and explosives
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Military education and training
Military medicine
Military readiness
Noise pollution
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to specified congressional committees a report on hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution due to small arms fire. Such report shall include:
 
 
a verification and validation of the results included in published findings on hearing loss and tinnitus due to small arms fire;
 
a description of the impact on DOD of noise pollution and noise ordinance requirements for small arms fire;
 
data on the severity and rates of noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus experienced by DOD personnel due to small arms fire in training and operational environments, including costs incurred by the DOD and Department of Veterans Affairs health care systems to treat noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus; 
 
a description of alternative methods and strategies being employed and considered by DOD for the mitigation of such hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution; and
 
a description of available mitigation strategies to reduce hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution as a whole and not as separate issues. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-374
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Materials
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to issue orders applicable to U.S. manufacturers of concrete masonry products. Any such order must provide for the establishment of a Concrete Masonry Products Board to carry out a program of generic promotion, research, and education regarding concrete masonry products. 
 
An order must also provide that assessments be paid by concrete masonry product manufacturers for concrete masonry products manufactured and marketed in the United States. At least 50% of the assessments paid by a manufacturer must be used to support research, education, and generic promotion programs and projects in support of the geographic region of the manufacturer. 
 
During the 60-day period preceding the proposed effective date of an order, Commerce shall conduct a referendum for order approval among manufacturers.
 
The bill allows petition and review of an order, and order enforcement through U.S. district courts. 
 
The bill requires a study and a report by: (1) the Government Accountability Office on how the board spends assessments collected, the impact of board activities, and other matters relating to the demand for concrete masonry products; and (2) Commerce on the appropriateness and effectiveness of applying the commodity check-off program model to a nonagricultural industry. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 365.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-218.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-218.
action_date: 2017-08-02
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements.

Bill: 115-s-375
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise provisions governing citizen suits against the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, that allege a failure of the relevant department to perform an act or duty related to an endangered species or threatened species. Interior must publish the complaint in a citizen suit within 30 days of being served. Affected parties shall be given a reasonable opportunity to intervene in the suit. If affected parties intervene, the court must refer the action to a mediation program or magistrate judge to facilitate settlement discussions.
 
The court is prohibited from: (1) awarding litigation costs in a citizen suit that is settled by a consent decree, or (2) awarding litigation costs to a plaintiff in a citizen suit that is settled. 
 
Interior must provide notice of a proposed settlement to each state or county in which an affected species occurs. A settlement can only be approved if states or counties approve the settlement or fail to respond. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1162)
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act

Bill: 115-s-376
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act 

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species.
 
The departments are prohibited from making the information publicly available when: (1) the public disclosure of the information is prohibited by state law relating to the protection of personal information, and (2) the state makes a request to a department to withhold the information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1162-1163)
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

Bill: 115-s-378
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2017-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: 

Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

 
This bill amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Administrative Conference of the United States to create and maintain online searchable databases with information about the attorney's fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain: (1) agency-conducted adversary adjudication proceedings, and (2) civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) or settlement agreements to which the United States is a party. 
 
With respect to each award, the information must include: (1) the name of the agency involved, (2) the name of each party to whom the award was made, (3) a description of the claims, (4) the amount of the award, and (5) the basis for finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified. Under current law, the awards are made unless the position of the agency was substantially justified or special circumstances make an award unjust. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-379
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments can begin. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-380
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2017-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign labor
Securities
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: 

Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require an issuer that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to disclose to the SEC specified information related to the number of domestic and foreign employees of the issuer and its subsidiaries.
 
An issuer that is an "emerging growth company" (in general, a newly public company with revenues below a specified threshold) shall be exempt from the bill's disclosure requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate