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Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-962
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Ecology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Pest management
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Forest Service to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on state and private forest lands that maintain or improve benefits from trees and forests on such lands. 
 
The program shall: 
 
 
address the national private forest conservation priorities specified under the Act; and 
 
enhance public benefits from trees and forests, as identified in a state-wide assessment and a long-term state-wide forest resource strategy under the Act.
 
 
The program shall also have one or more objectives, including to:
 
 
protect or improve water quality or quantity;
 
reduce wildfire risk, including through hazardous fuels treatment;
 
protect or enhance wildlife habitat;
 
improve forest health and forest ecosystems, including addressing native, nonnative, and invasive pests; or
 
enhance opportunities for new and existing markets in which the production and use of wood products strengthens local and regional economies. 
 
 
 The Forest Service shall allocate from the amounts made available under this bill:
 
 
50% for the competitive process for distributing funds for landscape-scale restoration projects; and
 
50% proportionally to states to maximize the achievement of the restoration program's objectives and to address the highest national priorities, as identified in state-wide assessments and long-term state-wide forest resource strategies.
 
 
The bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to allocate funds and use specified authorities of the Department of Agriculture or of the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, to assist cross-boundary hazardous fuel reduction and wildfire mitigation programs. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act

Bill: 115-s-963
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Intergovernmental relations
Marriage and family status
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Teenage pregnancy
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act

 
This bill allows the Department of the Treasury to enter into agreements with state and local governments for social-impact partnership projects for which federal funds shall be awarded only if a project achieves certain agreed-upon outcomes resulting in both social benefit and federal savings. In carrying out these agreements, Treasury must consult with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships and the Commission on Social Impact Partnerships (both newly established by the bill). Treasury may transfer to another federal agency the authority to administer the agreements.
 
At least 50% of all federal payments made under such agreements must be used for initiatives that directly benefit children.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall evaluate, and report to Congress on, social-impact partnerships funded under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
MY DATA Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-964
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Managing Your Data Against Telecom Abuses Act of 2017 or the MY DATA Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits providers of Internet broadband services or of Internet content, applications, or devices from using unfair or deceptive acts or practices relating to privacy or data security.
 
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after consulting with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), may promulgate regulations to carry out such prohibition. 
 
The FTC may also enforce this bill against common carriers regulated by the FCC under the Communications Act of 1934 and nonprofit organizations. (Currently, common carriers regulated under the Communications Act are exempt from the FTC's enforcement authority and nonprofit organizations are subject to FTC enforcement only if they provide substantial economic benefit to their for-profit members.)
 
A state may bring a civil action in federal court to enforce such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-966
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Library of Congress
Motor vehicles
Photography and imaging
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2017

 
 This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to establish and maintain a National Historic Vehicle Register which shall include: (1) a narrative describing each historic vehicle and its historical significance, (2) a photographic record of the vehicle, and (3) a line drawing or engineering drawing of the vehicle. Such register shall be archived in the Library of Congress.
 
 The NPS shall: (1) coordinate with the Historic Vehicle Association, American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, and other appropriate organizations in order to invite owners of historic vehicles to participate in the register; and (2) develop criteria for the inclusion of historic vehicles on the register. 
 
 When developing such criteria, the NPS shall consider whether a vehicle is: (1) associated with an important event or a significant individual in automotive or U.S. history; (2) distinctive based on design, engineering, craftsmanship, or aesthetic value; or (3) of a particular type that was the first or last produced or among the most well-preserved or authentically restored examples of that type.


Legislative actions:
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: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-967
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medicare
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 201

7

 
This bill increases payment under Medicare for certain ambulance services and otherwise revises provisions related to coverage of such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Access to Care Act

Bill: 115-s-968
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Veterans Access to Care Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to automatically designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as health professional shortage areas.
 
 Individuals may not participate in both the VA's Health Professionals Education Assistance Program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment programs.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services, in carrying out the National Health Service Corps Program, must consult with the VA regarding health professional shortage areas that are VA medical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

Bill: 115-s-969
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include students with a parent who serves in the reserve component of the Armed Forces under the military student identifier program. Thus, schools must assign those students identification numbers that allow the schools to monitor their achievement on academic assessments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-970
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill increases from 7 to 14 the number of days that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may furnish health care services, including post-delivery care, to the newborn child of a woman veteran who delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility pursuant to a VA contract for such services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
REPAIR Act

Bill: 115-s-971
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Real EPA Impact Reviews Act or the REPAIR Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), when promulgating any rule the cost of which is projected to be greater than $1 million, to include in each of the regulatory impact analyses for the proposed and final rule at least one analysis that does not include: (1) any other proposed rule; or (2) any other rule that has been finalized by the EPA, but that has not been implemented.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017

Bill: 115-s-972
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Latin America
Multilateral development programs
News media and reporting
Nicaragua
Political parties and affiliation
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017

 
This bill directs the President to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to use U.S. influence to oppose any loan for the government of Nicaragua's benefit, other than for basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the Department of State certifies that Nicaragua is taking effective steps to: 
 
 
hold free elections overseen by credible domestic and international electoral observers;
 
 promote democracy and an independent judicial system and electoral council;
 
 strengthen the rule of law;
 
 respect the right to freedom of association and expression;
 
combat corruption, including investigating and prosecuting government officials credibly alleged to be corrupt; and
 
protect the right of political opposition parties, journalists, trade unionists, human rights defenders, and other civil society activists to operate without interference.
 
 
The Department of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report assessing: (1) the effectiveness of the international financial institutions in enforcing applicable program safeguards in Nicaragua, and (2) the effects of specified constitutional and election concerns in Nicaragua on long-term prospects for positive development outcomes there. 
 
The President may waive such requirements in the U.S. national interest.
 
The bill requires: (1) the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States to use U.S. influence to advocate for an Electoral Observation Mission to be sent to Nicaragua in 2017, and (2) the State Department to report on the involvement of senior Nicaraguan government officials in acts of public corruption or human rights violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Tennessee Wilderness Act

Bill: 115-s-973
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Tennessee
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Tennessee Wilderness Act

 
 This bill designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-974
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples Act of 2017 or the CREATES Act of 2017

 
This bill permits the developer of a drug or biological product to bring a civil action against the license holder of an approved drug or biological product if the holder has declined to make available sufficient quantities of the approved drug or product for the developer's testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 482.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2619)
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit.

Bill: 115-s-975
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for Indian coal that is produced by the taxpayer at an Indian coal production facility and sold to an unrelated person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-976
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Marketplace Fairness Act of 201

7

 
 This bill authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002) to require all sellers not qualifying for a small-seller exception (applicable to sellers with annual gross receipts in total U.S. remote sales not exceeding $1 million) to collect and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales under provisions of the agreement, but only if such agreement includes minimum simplification requirements relating to the administration of the tax, audits, and streamlined filing. 
 
The bill defines "remote sale" as a sale of goods or services into a state in which the seller would not legally be required to pay, collect, or remit state or local sales and use taxes unless provided by this bill. 
 
The bill also prohibits states from beginning to exercise the authority granted by this bill for a specified period after enactment.
 


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: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-977
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct an initial or comprehensive assessment for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include: (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2619-2620; text of measure as introduced: CR S2620)
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act

Bill: 115-s-978
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Preschool education
School administration
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: 

Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to grant "Recognizing Inspirational School Employees (RISE)" awards to classified public school employees, within certain occupational specialties, who provide exemplary service to students in prekindergarten through higher education.
 
ED must annually select an awardee, out of nominations received from states, from any of the following occupational specialties: (1) paraeducator services, (2) clerical and administrative services, (3) transportation services, (4) food and nutrition services, (5) custodial and maintenance services, (6) security services, (7) health and student services, (8) technical services, and (9) skilled trades.
 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Arturo Hernandez-Garcia.

Bill: 115-s-979
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2017-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Arturo Hernandez-Garcia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2619)
action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate