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Protecting Jessica Grubb's Legacy Act

Bill: 115-s-1850
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
Health information and medical records
Law enforcement officers
Medical ethics
Medical research
Research ethics
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Protecting Jessica Grubb's Legacy Act

 
This bill expands requirements relating to the confidentiality of substance-use disorder patient records, including by specifying that such records may not be shared with law enforcement officials without a court order; the bill also allows such records to be disclosed consistent with specified regulations issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1851
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Public utilities and utility rates
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish certain energy programs, including an energy storage research program and a technical assistance and grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-493.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SUCCEED Act

Bill: 115-s-1852
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Right of privacy
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation Act or the SUCCEED Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of otherwise inadmissible or deportable aliens who entered the United States as children and grant them conditional permanent resident status. The conditional permanent resident status of such aliens shall be valid for an initial period of five years if they came to the United States before the age of 16 and have lived in the United States continuously since June 15, 2012. Such aliens must demonstrate that they were younger than age 31 on June 15, 2012, and had no lawful status in the United States. 
 
The bill imposes other requirements upon such aliens, including educational attainments, good moral character, lack of criminal history, and compliance with tax responsibilities. The bill extends conditional permanent resident status for an additional five years if an alien continues to show good moral character, has no tax liabilities, is not receiving federal benefits, has graduated from college or attended a postsecondary school, or has served in the military. 
 
The bill permits alien children to apply for the removal of conditional status after 10 years and adjust to lawful permanent residence upon a showing that they have been a conditional permanent resident for at least 10 years, have demonstrated good moral character during that period, have met other age and residency requirement, and have not abandoned residence in the United States. An alien may apply for naturalization five years after adjustment of status to lawful permanent residence under the terms of this bill. 
 
Aliens who violate the requirements of this bill or commit certain crimes are subject to expedited removal without an immigration court hearing. 
 
Aliens with conditional or lawful permanent resident status under this bill may not sponsor family members, including spouses and children, to obtain legal status in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1853
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Motor fuels
Small Business Administration
Small business
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to exceed the $100,000 limit on small business development center assistance grants to accommodate extraordinary occurrences having a catastrophic impact on small business concerns in a community.
 
The bill amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 to permit: (1) the use of SBA and Farm Service Agency (formerly, Farmers Home Administration) loans for enterprises that are vital to recovery efforts in a disaster area (including debris removal services, manufactured housing, gasoline, telecommunications, or building materials); and (2) such loans to waive any required evaluation of creditworthiness in exchange for a fee set by the SBA or the Farm Service Agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1854
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify criminal penalties for an offense involving the theft of a firearm from a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, or from their business premises.
 
Specifically, the bill:
 
 
increases from 10 to 20 years the maximum prison term, and
 
creates a 3- or 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an offense that occurs during the commission of a burglary or robbery.
 
 
An attempt to commit an offense is subject to the same penalties as a substantive offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to permit the Miami Nation of Indiana to apply for acknowledgment as a federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-1855
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
General Native American affairs matters
Indiana

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 
This bill authorizes the Miami Nation of Indiana to submit a petition to the Department of Interior for acknowledgment as a federally recognized Indian tribe. When reviewing the petition, Interior may not use a previous denial as a reason to deny it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 115-s-1856
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2017-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Marine and inland water transportation
Military civil functions
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Navigation, waterways, harbors
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act

 
This bill limits the authority of the Department of Defense (DOD) to transfer excess DOD property, including small arms and ammunition, to federal and state agencies for law enforcement activities. 
 
The bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from using preparedness grants to buy, maintain, or alter: (1) specified protective, tactical, or explosives equipment, vehicles, canines, or firearms or ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; and (2) body armor or ballistic helmets and shields unless the grantee certifies to FEMA that the equipment will not be used for riot suppression. 
 
This bill prohibits the use of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funds for the purchase, maintenance, alteration, or operation of lethal weapons or less-lethal weapons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces.

Bill: 115-s-1857
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 
This bill delays by three years the date by which manufacturers, owners, and operators of new residential wood heaters, including residential hydronic heaters (wood-fired boilers) and forced-air furnaces, must comply with emission standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act.

action_date: 2018-09-18
text: 
This bill delays by three years the date by which manufacturers, owners, and operators of new residential wood heaters, including residential hydronic heaters (wood-fired boilers) and forced-air furnaces, must comply with emission standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-422. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-422. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-09-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-127.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1858
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 

Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 
 
2017

 
 This bill amends the Truth In Lending Act to limit the annual percentage rate applicable to any consumer credit transaction (other than a residential mortgage transaction), including any associated fees, to the maximum rate permitted by the laws of the state in which the consumer resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthcare Tax Relief Act

Bill: 115-s-1859
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 

Healthcare Tax Relief Act

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the imposition of an annual fee on health insurance providers until after December 31, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
PARs Act

Bill: 115-s-1860
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government information and archives
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 

Parity Across Reviews Act or the 
PARs Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Power Act with respect to the prohibition regarding mergers or consolidations by a public utility. Any merger or consolidation of a public utility whose value exceeds $10 million must first be authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
 
In addition, FERC is required to promulgate a rule within 180 days that mandates any public utility seeking to merge or consolidate to notify FERC, within 30 days of transaction consummation, if the value of such merger or consolidation exceeds $1 million but is less than $10 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-318.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Automatic IRA Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1861
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 

Automatic IRA Act of 201

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 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain employers who do not maintain qualifying retirement plans or arrangements to make available to their eligible employees a payroll deposit individual retirement account (IRA) arrangement (automatic IRA arrangement) which grants such employees the right to opt-out of participation; (2) require the Department of the Treasury to provide employers with a model notice for notifying employees of their opportunity to participate in an automatic IRA arrangement and for providing details regarding the election period; (3) impose a penalty on employers who fail to provide eligible employees access to an automatic IRA arrangement; (4) allow employers who do not have more than 100 employees a tax credit for costs associated with establishing an automatic IRA arrangement; and (5) increase the dollar limitation on the tax credit for small employer pension plan startup costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Native Species Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-1863
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 

Native Species Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits an intrastate species from being: (1) considered to be in interstate commerce; and (2) subject to regulation under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, or any other provision of law under which regulatory authority is based on the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause.
 
An intrastate species is any species of plant or fish or wildlife that is: (1) found entirely within the borders of a single state, and (2) not part of a national market for any commodity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable College Textbook Act

Bill: 115-s-1864
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Books and print media
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Intellectual property
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 

Affordable College Textbook Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes. An open textbook is an educational resource that either resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual license that permits its free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6136-6137)
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide temporary direct hire authority for certain emergency response positions.

Bill: 115-s-1865
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 
This bill provides temporary authority for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to appoint candidates directly to certain emergency response positions, in response to a critical hiring need. 
 
 HHS must first provide public notice. It may appoint candidates without regard to certain requirements of the competitive rating and ranking process (e.g., application of veterans' preference points).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1868
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: 

Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) energy storage technologies, and (2) battery storage technology. 
 
The bill expands the tax credit for investments in energy property to include equipment that: (1) receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Internal Revenue Service; and (2) has a capacity of at least five kilowatt hours. 
 
The bill also expands the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to include expenditures for battery storage technology that: (1) is installed on or in connection with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer, and (2) has a capacity of at least three kilowatt hours. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act

Bill: 115-s-1870
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2017-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Department of Justice
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Minority health
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-27
text: 

Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act or the SURVIVE Act

 
This bill amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to require the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime to make grants to Indian tribes for programs and services for crime victims, such as domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, child abuse programs, child advocacy centers, elder abuse programs, medical care, legal services, relocation, and transitional housing.
 
In addition, the bill makes 5% of the Crime Victims Fund available for these grants.

action_date: 2018-04-09
text: 

Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act or the SURVIVE Act

 
This bill amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to require the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime to make grants to Indian tribes for programs and services for crime victims, such as domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, child abuse programs, child advocacy centers, elder abuse programs, medical care, legal services, relocation, and transitional housing.
 
In addition, the bill makes 5% of the Crime Victims Fund available for these grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 368.
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-220.
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-220.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-10-25
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-329.
action_date: 2017-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate