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21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-881
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Congressional oversight
Contracts and agency
Financial services and investments
Insurance industry and regulation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, the Home Owner's Loan Act, the International Banking Act of 1978, the federal bankruptcy code, and other laws to:
 
 
limit affiliations between an insured depository institution and any insurance company, securities entity, or swaps entity ; 
 
restrict the authority of a national banking association to purchase or sell investment securities or stock, invest in certain structured or synthetic products, control or hold an interest in financial subsidiaries, or otherwise engage in nonbanking activities; 
 
restrict the authority of a federal savings association to invest in, redeem, or hold shares or certificates issued by an open-end management investment company; 
 
limit the authority of a financial holding company to engage in nonfinancial activities; 
 
disallow certain foreign banks from engaging in nonbanking activities in the United States; 
 
repeal bankruptcy code provisions related to the contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate certain types of financial instruments; and 
 
establish various enforcement and penalty provisions.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-57.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the entitlement to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for members of the Armed Forces awarded the Purple Heart, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-882
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Higher education
Public-private cooperation
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
This bill entitles members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart for service occurring on or after September 11, 2001, to educational assistance under the Department of Veterans Affairs' Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program.
 
Such individuals are also eligible to participate in the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-215.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-883
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alaska
Aquatic ecology
Arctic and polar regions
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Ecology
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government trust funds
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Alaska Act of 2017 or the OPENS Alaska Act of 2017

 
This bill nullifies the memorandum issued by the President on December 20, 2016, entitled &quot;Withdrawal of Certain Portions of the United States Arctic Outer Continental Shelf from Mineral Leasing.&quot; The bill also nullifies any other presidential action to prohibit mineral leasing in certain portions of the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area in the Outer Continental Shelf within three nautical miles of the seaward boundary of Alaska and conduct one oil and gas lease sale under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) in such planning area and the Cook Inlet Planning Area in each of FY2018-FY2020.
 
Oil and gas leases under the OCSLA shall have an initial 20-year lease period if they are located in the portion of the Beaufort Planning Area or the Chukchi Planning Area beyond 3 nautical miles of the seaward boundary of Alaska.
 
The OCSLA is amended to establish a scheme for revenue allocation between the Treasury and the state of Alaska.
 
Interior shall include in any leasing program at least three lease sales in each of the Beaufort Planning Area and the Chukchi Planning Area, as well as annual lease sales in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area and the Cook Inlet Planning Area.
 
Interior shall establish a grant program for activities to improve the resilience of Indian tribes to the effects of climate change, build Native American communities, and aid the modernization of infrastructure. The bill also establishes the Tribal Resilience Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-884
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Mining
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 
This bill amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to specify that a reason that a small miner's application for a claim maintenance fee waiver may be determined to be defective, in order for such clamant to qualify for 60 days to cure the defects or pay the maintenance fee due, shall include the failure to timely file either such application or an affidavit of annual labor associated with the application and required application fees.
 
The holders of specified claims in Alaska are considered to qualify for such relief and opportunity to cure such defect(s) for any prior period during which: (1) one or more defects existed in their waiver application, (2) an affidavit of annual labor associated with such application was not properly filed, or (3) there existed a failure to pay claim maintenance fees.
 
The bill amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require the Department of the Interior to notify by registered mail an owner of a mining claim or mill or tunnel site of such owner's failure to timely file an instrument required by such Act for recording such owner's mining claim. Such owner shall have 60 days after receiving such notification to file that instrument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651.
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 115-364.
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 115-364.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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: 2017-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-885
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of qualified foster care transition youth.
 
(The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group [e.g., qualified veterans, ex-felons, SSI recipients] to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) 
 
A &quot;qualified foster care transition youth&quot; is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as: (1) not having attained age 27 as of the hiring date, and (2) as having been in foster care after attaining the age specified in provisions of the Social Security Act related to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (currently 16 years of age). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-887
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Employee performance
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: 

DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a multiyear acquisition strategy that allows flexibility to deal with ever-changing threats and risks and that helps industry align resources to meet DHS needs. Such strategy shall be updated and included in each required Future Years Homeland Security Program.
 
The strategy shall include:
 
 
 a prioritized list of DHS major acquisition programs that DHS and component acquisition investments seek to address,
 
a plan to develop a reliable DHS-wide inventory of investments and real property assets to help DHS plan and acquire upgrades of its systems and equipment and plan for acquisition and management of future systems and equipment,
 
a plan to address funding gaps between funding requirements for major acquisition programs and available resources,
 
 identification of capabilities required to support the acquisition of technologies to meet the needs of such strategy,
 
 identification of ways to increase opportunities for outreach to ensure that DHS understands the market to meet its mission needs,
 
a plan to ensure competition for major acquisition programs; and
 
an acquisition workforce plan.
 
 
The strategy also shall include assessments of ways DHS can:
 
 
 improve the ability to test and acquire innovative solutions to allow needed incentives and protections for appropriate risk-taking;
 
develop incentives for program managers and senior DHS acquisition officials to prevent cost overruns, avoid schedule delays, and achieve cost savings; and
 
 improve the acquisition process to minimize cost overruns.
 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall review the strategy to analyze its effectiveness in meeting specified objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2428-2430; text of measure as introduced: CR S2428-2430)
action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-888
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: 

Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to use a standardized financial aid offer form that meets specified requirements. 
 
The Department of Education (ED) must develop a standard format for financial aid offer forms based on recommendations from representatives of students, students' families, institutions of higher education, secondary school and postsecondary counselors, and nonprofit consumer groups. 
 
The form must include specified details and disclosures regarding: 
 
 
 the cost of attendance; 
 
aid that does not need to be repaid; 
 
 the net price that a student or family is estimated to pay; 
 
 work study assistance; 
 
 types and amounts of loans, including monthly repayment amounts; 
 
 sources for additional information; 
 
 deadlines and the process for accepting financial aid; 
 
 the academic period covered by the aid; 
 
 default rates; 
 
the percentage of students who have student loans and the median debt at graduation for students;
 
 private loans;
 
scholarships; and 
 
the terms and conditions of federal financial aid. 
 
 
ED must: (1) test the form with representatives of students, students' families, institutions of higher education, secondary school and postsecondary counselors, and nonprofit consumer groups; and (2) use the results to develop the final form. 
 
Each institution of higher education that receives federal financial assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965 must use the standard form when offering financial aid to students. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Net Price Calculator Improvement Act

Bill: 115-s-889
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: 

Net Price Calculator Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the minimum requirements for the net price calculator that an institution of higher education (IHE) receiving federal funds under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act must include on its website. (An IHE's net price is the average yearly price actually charged to first-time, full-time undergraduate students receiving student aid at the school after deducting such aid.)
 
 
 
 
It authorizes the Department of Education to develop a universal net price calculator that enables users to answer one set of questions and receive net prices for any IHE that is required to have a net price calculator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal to the troops who defended Bataan during World War II.

Bill: 115-s-890
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Philippines
Smithsonian Institution
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the collective award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the troops from the United States and the Philippines who defended Bataan, Philippines, and were subsequently prisoners of war in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service during World War II. 
 
The medal shall be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution, which is urged to make the medal available for display at other locations associated with such troops.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
American Jobs Matter Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-891
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Government Operations and Politics
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: 

American Jobs Matter Act of 2017

 
This bill requires an executive agency to include the effects on employment within the United States (a jobs impact statement) in the evaluation factors that must be considered in each solicitation for competitive proposals for contracts in excess of $1 million for the procurement of: (1) manufactured goods, (2) goods or services listed in a required report of industrial base capabilities, or (3) any item procured as part of a major defense acquisition program. 
 
An offeror's jobs impact statement may include a guarantee that jobs created or retained in the United States will not be moved outside the United States after award of the contract unless doing so is required to provide the goods or services stipulated in the contract or is in the best interest of the federal government. 
 
Each agency shall: (1) assess, annually, the accuracy of such a statement submitted by an offeror awarded a contract; and (2) track the number of jobs created or retained during the performance of such contract. If the number of jobs created or retained falls short of agency estimates, an agency may consider this as a factor that affects a contractor's past performance in the award of future contracts. 
 
The Department of Defense (DOD) shall report annually on the frequency of use within DOD of jobs impact statements in the evaluation of competitive proposals. 
 
The Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to implement this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-892
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: 

Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration from registering, or renewing the registration of, a practitioner who is licensed to prescribe opioids in schedule II, III, or IV unless the practitioner agrees to limit an opioid prescription for the initial treatment of acute pain to the lesser of a seven-day supply (no refill) or an opioid prescription limit established under state law.
 
An opioid that is approved and prescribed for the treatment of addiction is not subject to the limit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
SMART Act

Bill: 115-s-893
Sponsor: Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]
Introduced: 2017-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax reform and tax simplification
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: 

Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act or the SMART Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the marginal income tax rates with a single rate of 17% on individual taxable income. 
 
The bill redefines "taxable income" to mean the amount by which wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation exceed the standard deduction. It also: 
 
increases the basic standard deduction,
 
includes an additional standard deduction for dependents, and
 
includes the taxable income of each dependent child under the age of 14 in an individual's taxable income. 
 
 
The bill revises the tax on corporations to: (1) replace it with a tax on every person engaged in a business activity equal to 17% of the business taxable income of such person; and (2) make the person engaged in the business activity liable for the tax, whether or not such person is an individual, a partnership, or a corporation. 
The bill imposes on employers a 17% tax on the value of excludable compensation provided during the year to employees. 
With respect to pension rules, the bill: (1) repeals rules relating to non-discrimination, contribution limits, and restrictions on distributions; and (2) revises rules relating to transfers of excess pension assets. 
The bill also repeals: 
 
the alternative minimum tax; 
 
 all income tax credits; 
 
 estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; and 
 
income tax provisions, except certain provisions relating to retirement distributions and tax-exempt organizations. 
 
 
The bill prohibits Congress from considering legislation to make specified changes to tax policy unless Congress waives or suspends the prohibition with a three-fifths vote.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate