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International Violence Against Women Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2120
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Human rights
Human trafficking
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers
Marriage and family status
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Violent crime
Women in business
Women's education
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: 

International Violence Against Women Act of 2017
 
 
 This bill establishes in the Department of State an Office of Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.
 
 The Ambassador-at-Large shall: (1) coordinate U.S. government efforts regarding gender equality and the advancement of women and girls in foreign policy, and (2) develop or update periodically a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls.
 
The bill establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development the position of Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment who shall direct policies, programs, and funding regarding gender equality and women's empowerment.
 
The Ambassador-at-Large and the Senior Coordinator shall: (1) identify at least four low-income and lower-middle income countries that have significant levels of violence against women and girls, and (2) develop comprehensive individual country plans to respond to such violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7215)
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Access to Air Ambulance Services Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2121
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business records
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: 

Ensuring Access to Air Ambulance Services Act of 2017

 
This bill makes a series of changes relating to payment of air ambulance services under Medicare, including by establishing certain cost-reporting requirements for providers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2122
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: 

Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the requirement that certain employers provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child to bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity employees or outside salesmen who are exempt from federal labor laws that limit the number of hours in a workweek.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2123
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2017-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: 

Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for charitable contributions of individuals who do not elect to itemize deductions for the taxable year. The deduction may not exceed one-third of the standard deduction of the individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2124
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2017-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: 

Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to intentionally and willfully conceal knowledge of a security breach that results in economic harm of at least $1,000 to any individual.
 
It imposes criminal penalties on a violator and authorizes the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate offenses.
 
The bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file a civil action: (1) to prevent ongoing conduct that damages 100 or more protected computers (e.g., government computers); and (2) to prevent the disposition of unlawfully obtained property.
 
 The bill also adds to the list of money laundering predicate offenses financial transactions that involve proceeds of unlawful manufacturing, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices.
 
Finally, the bill requires certain commercial entities to implement a comprehensive consumer privacy and data security program.
 
 Following the discovery of a security breach of sensitive personally identifiable information (PII), a commercial entity must notify an affected U.S. resident and provide identify theft prevention and mitigation services. Sensitive PII is information that identifies a particular person, including electronic or digital forms of personal, financial, health, and biometric data, geographic location, and password-protected photographs and videos.
 
It establishes civil penalties for violations and authorizes DOJ, the Federal Trade Commission, and states to enforce compliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7215-7216)
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Targeted Opioid Funding Act

Bill: 115-s-2125
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: 

Targeted Opioid Funding Act

 
This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in awarding grants to address the opioid crisis, to give preference to states with high mortality rates associated with opioid use disorders. This preference is in addition to the existing preference given to states with a high prevalence of opioid use disorders.
 
Grants must be at least $5 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Fostering Innovation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2126
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Fostering Innovation Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to establish a temporary exemption from the requirement that each registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues an audit report for an issuer of securities (other than an emerging growth company) shall attest to, and report on, the internal control assessment made by the management of the issuer. Specifically, this requirement shall not apply with respect to an audit report prepared for an issuer that:
 
 
ceased to be an emerging growth company on the last day of its fiscal year following the five-year period beginning on the date of its first sale of common equity securities, 
 
had average annual gross revenues of less than $50 million as of its most recently completed fiscal year, and 
 
is not a large accelerated filer. 

 
An issuer shall cease to be eligible for the exemption at the earliest of: (1) the last day of the fiscal year following the 10-year period beginning on the date of its first sale of common equity securities, (2) the last day of the fiscal year in which its average annual gross revenues exceed $50 million, or (3) when the issuer becomes a large accelerated filer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-354.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2127
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Marine and inland water transportation
Military history
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the House of Representatives and the Senate to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. merchant mariners of World War II in recognition of their service during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Geospatial Data Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2128
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International scientific cooperation
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 
This bill establishes: (1) in the Office of Management and Budget, the Federal Geographic Data Committee (the committee), which shall be the lead entity in the executive branch for the development, implementation, and review of policies, practices, and standards relating to geospatial data; and (2) in the Department of the Interior, the National Geospatial Advisory Committee to provide advice and recommendations to the committee. 
 
 The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (as defined in this bill) shall ensure that geospatial data from multiple sources is available and easily integrated to enhance the understanding of the physical and cultural world. 
 
The committee shall: (1) prepare a strategic plan for the implementation of the infrastructure consistent with national security, national defense, and emergency preparedness program policies regarding data accessibility; and (2) designate, and establish standards for, National Geospatial Data Asset core geospatial datasets for primary topics for which the coordinated development, maintenance, and dissemination of geospatial data will benefit the government and people of the United States.
 
 The committee shall operate GeoPlatform, an electronic service that provides access to geospatial data and metadata for geospatial data. 
 
 Agencies whose functions involve geospatial data shall implement a strategy for advancing geographic information and related geospatial data activities appropriate to that agency's mission in support of the strategic plan for the infrastructure. Such agencies shall disclose each contract, cooperative agreement, grant, or other transaction that deals with geospatial data. 
 
 Five years after enactment of this bill, federal funding shall not be made available for the collection, production, acquisition, maintenance, or dissemination of geospatial data that does not comply with applicable standards established by the committee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-s-2129
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act

 
This bill establishes a punitive article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice on domestic violence and aggravated domestic violence against an intimate partner. &quot;Aggravated domestic violence&quot; involves the use of a weapon, or force in a manner likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm.
 
Military departments must submit to the Department of Justice the identity of each member of the Armed Forces who has been convicted of a domestic violence offense for inclusion in the national instant criminal background check system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Outdoor Economy Act

Bill: 115-s-2130
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Executive agency funding and structure
National and community service
Outdoor recreation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Outdoor Economy Act

 
This bill establishes the Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee within the Department of the Interior to study and develop recommendations relating to increasing public access to public land, addressing maintenance needs, reducing barriers to service opportunities on public land, strengthening the outdoor recreation economy, and increasing responsible recreation on public land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act

Bill: 115-s-2131
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover the costs of medically-necessary emergency transportation services for newborn babies of certain women veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Coverage Act

Bill: 115-s-2132
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Family Coverage Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for determining the affordability of employer-sponsored minimum essential health coverage that is required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). 
 
(Under current law, the coverage is unaffordable, and an employee may be eligible for premium assistance tax credits, if the employee's required contribution for an individual plan exceeds 9.5% of household income, adjusted for inflation after 2014.) The bill specifies that, with respect to an employee's family members who are eligible to enroll in the plan, affordability must be determined using the cost of family coverage rather than individual coverage to expand the eligibility of families for premium assistance tax credits. 
 
This bill also expresses the sense of Congress that the Departments of Health and Human Service and the Treasury have the administrative authority, within their respective jurisdictions, to apply the affordability provision of PPACA so as to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage for working families without further legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
PLACES Act

Bill: 115-s-2133
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Farmland
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Providing Land Grants and Acequias Conservation and Environmental Services Act or the PLACES Act 

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into an alternative funding arrangement under any USDA conservation program with an entity that: (1) is comprised of members who are producers that are eligible for payments under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and (2) is a local governmental entity that does not have the authority to impose taxes or levies. 
 
(An alternative funding arrangement would allow certain community irrigation associations and community land grants to receive assistance directly from the conservation programs.) USDA may also provide technical and administrative assistance under the alternative funding arrangement. 
 
USDA may enter into an arrangement if: (1) the goals and objectives of the applicable conservation program will be met by the arrangement, and (2) statutory limitations regarding contracts with individual producers will not be exceeded by any member of the entity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Andrew White Veterans Community Care Opioid Safety Act

Bill: 115-s-2134
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Andrew White Veterans Community Care Opioid Safety Act

 
This bill establishes a process to ensure safe opioid prescribing practices by non-Department of Veterans Affairs providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Fix NICS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2135
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee performance
Federal officials
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: 

Fix NICS Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require each federal agency and department, including a federal court, to:
 
 
certify whether it has provided to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) disqualifying records of persons prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm, and
 
establish and substantially comply with an implementation plan to maximize record submissions and verify their accuracy.
 
 
The bill amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to:
 
 
direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a state implementation plan, including benchmarks, to maximize the automation and submission of mental health and criminal history records to the NICS; 
 
waive the grant match requirement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) for a state that complies with its implementation plan; 
 
 reauthorize through FY2022 the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP); 
 
 establish, as a priority area for NARIP grant funding, a domestic abuse and violence prevention initiative; and 
 
 create a funding preference under the NARIP program for states that establish an implementation plan and use grant funds to upload felony conviction and domestic violence records. 
 
 
It amends the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to reauthorize through FY2022 the NCHIP program. If a state complies with its implementation plan, then the federal share of an NCHIP grant may exceed 90% of program costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7163-7265)
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate