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Next Generation 9-1-1 Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2061
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Emergency communications systems
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Next Generation 9-1-1 Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require that the 911 Implementation Coordination Office (Office) assist and encourage federal, state, regional, and local entities to implement Next Generation 911 services. The bill eliminates the October 1, 2022, sunset date for the Office.
 
The Advisory Board for Next Generation 911 Interoperability is established within the Office to recommend updates to the definition of Next Generation 911 services.
 
The bill adds requirements for entities seeking federal grants to implement Next Generation 911 services and requires that the Department of Commerce and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issue new regulations accordingly. The bill authorizes additional appropriations for these grants through FY2022.
 
The Office shall provide support to entities in addressing cybersecurity issues related to Next Generation 911 services. The National Institute of Standards and Technology must identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities unique to implementing Next Generation 911 services, recommend best practices and assistance that the federal government can provide, and report its recommendations for protecting such services. 
 
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must report about the adoption and adherence by: (1) telecommunications carriers to the FCC's network reliability best practices, and (2) public safety answering points to the public safety answering point best practices for cybersecurity as recommended by the Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering Point Architecture. (A public safety answering point is a facility designated to receive emergency calls and route the calls to emergency service personnel.)
 
The Government Accountability Office must report about the resiliency, reliability, and survivability of public safety answering points during natural disasters and other catastrophes. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Oracle Cabins Conveyance Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2062
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Oracle Cabins Conveyance Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell and quitclaim to a person who holds a valid permit for the use of certain National Forest System land in Arizona all right, title, and interest in and to the property for which the permittee holds such a permit. A sale of such property shall be for cash consideration equal to the property's market value, as determined by an appraisal in accordance with this bill. 
 
USDA shall pay the costs of the conveyance of any properties sold and quitclaimed under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 115-366.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 115-366.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-502.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2063
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health information and medical records
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to Congress: (1) certain documents concerning the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program; (2) quarterly updates of certain documents until the program is completed; (3) a copy of any contract, order, or agreement under the program within 5 days after it is awarded; and (4) a notice within 10 days after the occurrence of specified events regarding the program, including milestone delays, change requests, protest submissions, data losses, or breaches of patient privacy.
 
The Electronic Health Record Modernization Program means VA activities, contracts, or agreements to procure or implement an electronic health or medical record system to replace any or all of the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture, the Computerized Patient Record System, the Joint Legacy Viewer, or the Enterprise Health Management Platform.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Fruit and Vegetable Access for Children Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2064
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Fruit and Vegetables Access for Children Act
 
of 2017

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow the Department of Agriculture Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program to include canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits and vegetables. (Under current law, the program provides grants to states to make fresh fruits and vegetables available in elementary schools.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2065
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Dialysis Patient Access to Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists, Treatment, and Services Demonstration Act of 2017 or the Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes a demonstration program for the provision of integrated care to Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). 
 
Under the voluntary program, eligible participating providers may form organizations to offer ESRD integrated care models and serve as medical homes for program-eligible beneficiaries. Such a model: (1) shall cover medical and hospital services, other than hospice care, under Medicare; (2) must include benefits for transition into transplantation, palliative care, or hospice; and (3) may cover prescription drug benefits. An organization must offer at least one open network model but may also offer one or more preferred network models.
 
An organization shall return savings achieved under the models to program-eligible beneficiaries.
 
A beneficiary shall have the opportunity to: (1) opt out of the program, (2) make an assignment change into an open network model offered by a different organization, or (3) elect a preferred network model.
 
The bill establishes requirements regarding: (1) benefits for program-eligible beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid benefits, (2) program quality and reporting, (2) ESRD integrated care strategy, (3) program operation and scope, (4) beneficiary notification, and (5) payment.
 
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must, before 2025, submit to Congress an interim report on the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Displacement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2066
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Housing and community development funding
Medicaid
Natural disasters
Public housing
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Disaster Displacement Act of 2017

 
This bill requires a state, as a condition of participation in the Medicaid program, to provide medical assistance to eligible survivors of Hurricane Maria. For a specified coverage period, the federal matching rate shall be 100% with respect to such assistance. Eligibility shall be determined on the basis of specified income standards but without application of any resources test or state-residency requirements.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, upon request from a public housing agency, provide additional funding for specified housing assistance that is necessary as a consequence of a major disaster. The Department of Agriculture shall do the same upon request from either a state or a political subdivision of a state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2067
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017
 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of a DNA Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory test following a positive prostate cancer biopsy. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2068
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Birds
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Insects
Land use and conservation
Mammals
Performance measurement
Pest management
Public participation and lobbying
Roads and highways
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits any further consultation from being required by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) or the Interior after the approval of land and resource management plans for National Forest System (NFS) lands or land use plans for public lands, respectively, with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered or a designation of a critical habitat, if such a plan has already been adopted; or (2) any provision of such plan.
 
 Interior shall develop one or more categorical exclusions, from requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to conduct environmental assessment and environmental impact statements, for specified vegetative management activities that are carried out to establish or improve habitat for the greater sage-grouse or mule deer. 
 
The Forest Service shall prepare an environmental assessment for each ecosystem restoration project, stewardship contracting project, and project under a good neighbor agreement on certain NFS land. Under the assessment, it shall study and describe in each project both the proposed action and a no-action alternative.
 
 The Forest Service shall establish an arbitration pilot program as an alternative dispute resolution process in lieu of judicial review for such projects. 
 
 The Forest Service shall prioritize and carry out ecosystem restoration projects to accomplish one or more of specified objectives. 
 
A categorical exclusion is made available for certain forest management activities in order to: (1) expedite specified critical response actions, (2) meet forest plan goals for early seral and early successional forests, (3) improve wildlife habitats, and (4) thin forests. 
 
The bill makes permanent USDA's authority to designate treatment areas that are experiencing an insect or disease epidemic. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-227.
Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act

Bill: 115-s-2069
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Labor-management relations
Self-employed

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definitions of &quot;employee&quot; and &quot;supervisor&quot; under that Act to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors in order to deny them collective bargaining rights. An individual performing any services is deemed to be an employee and not an independent contractor unless such individual is free from control and direction in the performance of such services, the services are performed outside the usual course of the employer's business, and the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Fishing Workforce Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-2071
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Guam
Hawaii
Immigration status and procedures
Labor-management relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Northern Mariana Islands
Transportation employees
Visas and passports
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Sustainable Fishing Workforce Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant renewable three-year visa (D-3 visa) for alien crewmembers employed on Hawaii-based longline fishing vessels.
 
The bill sets forth employer petition requirements and responsibilities, including requiring employers to enter into enforceable labor agreements with each approved D-3 alien prior to a fishing voyage. 
 
The Coast Guard shall perform dockside examinations of ships employing D-3 aliens to ensure compliance with health and safety laws and regulations affecting seamen.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2072
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Manufacturing
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 
 
2017

 
This bill amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) identify and assess the importation, sale, and uses of, and exposures to, asbestos; and (2) impose requirements that permanently eliminate the possibility of human or environmental exposure to asbestos.
 
The bill allows the President to exempt any use of asbestos from the requirements if: (1) the use is necessary to protect national security interests, (2) no reasonable alternative to the asbestos use exists for the intended purpose, and (3) the use of asbestos will not result in an unreasonable risk to health or the environment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
National Forest System Vegetation Management Pilot Program Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2073
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2017-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: 

National Forest System Vegetation Management Pilot Program Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a limited, voluntary pilot program under which owners and operators of rights-of-way on National Forest System (NFS) land may conduct vegetation management projects on NFS land adjacent to or near those rights-of-way to better protect utility infrastructure from potential passing wildfires. 
 
 USDA shall give priority to an owner or operator of a right-of-way that has worked with Forest Service fire scientists and used technologies to improve utility infrastructure protection prescriptions. 
 
Vegetation management projects shall involve only limited and selective vegetation management activities that:
 
 
create the least amount of disturbance necessary to protect utility infrastructure from passing wildfires;
 
may include thinning, fuel reduction, creation, and treatment of shaded fuel breaks;
 
are conducted only on NFS land adjacent to the participant's right-of-way or within 75 feet of it; and 
 
are not conducted on a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, a designated wilderness area, or an inventoried roadless area. 
 
 
Each vegetation management project, including each of those activities selected, shall be subject to approval by the Forest Service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Tax Breaks for Private Prisons Act

Bill: 115-s-2075
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Ending Tax Breaks for Private Prisons Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of &quot;taxable REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) subsidiary&quot; any corporation which directly or indirectly: (1) operates or manages a prison facility or provides services at or in connection with a prison facility; or (2) provides to any other person (under a franchise, license, or otherwise) rights to any brand name under which any prison facility is operated, subject to specified exceptions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2077
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Public-private cooperation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) examine actions DHS is undertaking to combat the threat of vehicular terrorism, and (2) report to Congress.
 
 The report shall outline examinations of:
 
 
 the current threat level for vehicular terrorism, 
 
 actions DHS is undertaking to guard against vehicular terrorism, 
 
 how the threat of vehicular terrorism may be mitigated, 
 
 the extent to which DHS is doing outreach or training with private sector partners in response to such threat, and
 
 actions Congress can take to help DHS mitigate the threat.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing Conservation and Education Act

Bill: 115-s-2078
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-11-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Idaho
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Mining
Montana
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
South Dakota
State and local government operations
Utah
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: 

Advancing Conservation and Education Act

 This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. 
The bill defines &quot;eligible areas&quot; as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior as having wilderness characteristics, certain designated lands within the National Forest System or administered by the BLM, and sentinel landscapes designated by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, or Interior. 
 
 Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels. 
 
 A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character. 
 
 The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal. 
 
The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, and road rights-of ways and other valid existing rights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-06
text: Introduced in Senate