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TITLE Act

Bill: 115-s-1454
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 
 

True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement Act or the TITLE Act
 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a state that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program to implement certain incorporation practices, including a requirement for an entity that forms a corporation or limited liability company to provide information about its beneficial owners. 
The bill imposes a civil penalty and authorizes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term for up to three years, or both&#8212;for providing false or fraudulent beneficial ownership information or for willfully failing to provide complete or updated beneficial ownership information. 
The bill broadens the term &quot;financial institution&quot; to include a person engaged in the business of forming corporations or limited liability companies. It directs the Department of the Treasury to require persons engaged in the business of forming corporations or limited liability companies to establish anti-money laundering programs.
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on: (1) the availability of beneficial ownership information for other legal entities (e.g., partnerships), and (2) the effectiveness of incorporation practices implemented under this bill.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Storage Goals and Demonstration Projects Act

Bill: 115-s-1455
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Energy Storage Goals and Demonstration Projects Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish new goals for its energy storage program and enter into agreements to carry out at least three grid-scale energy storage demonstration projects. (The energy storage program supports the ability of the United States to remain globally competitive in energy storage systems for electric drive vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution.)


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: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Sanctity of Human Life Act

Bill: 115-s-1456
Sponsor: Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Sanctity of Human Life Act

 
This bill declares that: (1) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is a person's most fundamental right; (2) each human life begins with fertilization, cloning, or its equivalent, at which time every human has all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood; and (3) Congress, each state, the District of Columbia, and each U.S. territory have the authority to protect all human lives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act

Bill: 115-s-1457
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Materials
Nuclear power
Public utilities and utility rates
Radiation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Department of Energy (DOE)to advance the research and development of domestic advanced, affordable, and clean nuclear energy. Specifically, DOE must enter into one or more agreements to carry out at least four advanced nuclear reactor demonstration projects. 
 
DOE must establish goals for research relating to advanced nuclear reactors, including by coordinating with members of private industry to advance the demonstration of various designs of advanced nuclear reactors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 115-251.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 115-251.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
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: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Reverse Mass Incarceration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1458
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Reverse Mass Incarceration Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for states to implement evidence-based programs designed to reduce crime rates and incarcerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-1459
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
South Carolina
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park Act of 2017

 This bill establishes the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park in South Carolina for the preservation and interpretation of the nationally significant historical values and cultural resources associated with Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, and Sullivan's Island Life Saving Station Historic District. 
The Department of the Interior shall arrange for the interpretation of historical events and activities that occurred in the vicinity of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, including:
 
 
the Battle of Sullivan's Island on June 28, 1776;
 
the Siege of Charleston during 1780; and 
 
the Civil War, including the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861; and
 
the development of the coastal defense system of the United States during the period from the Revolutionary War to World War II, including that of Sullivan's Island Life Saving Station. 
 
 
Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with public and private entities and individuals to carry out this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 115-295.
action_date: 2018-07-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 115-295.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-417.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
HEARTS Act

Bill: 115-s-1461
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act or the HEARTS Act

 
This bill extends TRICARE eligibility to certain former members of the Armed Forces regardless of whether they enroll (as required under current law) in Medicare's supplementary medical insurance program. Specifically, the bill applies to former members who are: (1) younger than 65 years of age, (2) medically retired from the Armed Forces, and (3) entitled to Medicare hospital insurance benefits on the basis of their former entitlement to disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.
 
Furthermore, these former members shall not be subject to late-enrollment penalties under Medicare's supplemental medical insurance program.
 
The Department of Defense must coordinate with the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) identify former members to which the bill applies, (2) counsel those former members on the effects of declining to enroll in Medicare's supplemental medical insurance program, and (3) report to Congress on specified issues related to the bill's implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Marketplace Certainty Act

Bill: 115-s-1462
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Marketplace Certainty Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for additional cost-sharing reductions that apply to certain enrollees of qualified health plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act

Bill: 115-s-1463
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act

 
This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to modify the term of the independent member with insurance expertise of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to allow the current member to continue to serve in the event of a delay in the naming of a successor by the end of the member's six-year term. In such a case, the independent member may continue to serve until 18 months after the end of the term or until a successor is confirmed, whichever is earlier. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Conservation Tax Parity Act

Bill: 115-s-1464
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax exclusion
Public utilities and utility rates
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Water Conservation Tax Parity Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for energy conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to exclude from gross income subsidies provided (directly or indirectly): (1) by a public utility to a customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any water conservation or efficiency measure; and (2) by a storm water management provider to a customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of such state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any storm water management measure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3831)
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
LNG Now Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1465
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

License Natural Gas Now Act of 2017 or the LNG Now Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to prohibit the federal government from imposing any restriction on the importation and exportation of natural gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-s-1466
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aging
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Health technology, devices, supplies
Materials
Medical research
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to award grants to advance orthotic and prosthetic care for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and civilians who have undergone amputation, traumatic brain injury, and other serious injuries resulting from combat or military experience. The grants must fund research on: (1) outcomes for such patients, (2) materials used in orthotics and prosthetics, and (3) improving existing orthotic and prosthetic technology and the development of new technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3832)
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-s-1467
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Allied health services
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Military medicine
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants to eligible institutions to: (1) establish a master's degree program in orthotics and prosthetics, or (2) expand upon an existing master's degree program in such area. The VA shall give grant priority to institutions that have entered into a partnership with a medical center administered by the VA or a facility administered by the Department of Defense. An &quot;eligible institution&quot; is an educational institution that is either accredited by the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education or that demonstrates an ability to meet such accreditation requirements if it receives a grant.
 
The bill requires the VA to award a grant to an institution with orthotic and prosthetic research and education experience to: (1) establish the Center of Excellence in Orthotic and Prosthetic Education; and (2) improve orthotic and prosthetic outcomes for veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and civilians by conducting orthotic and prosthetic research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3832-3833)
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Civilian Casualties in Military Operations Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1468
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Preventing Civilian Casualties in Military Operations Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to report annually to the congressional defense committees on civilian casualties caused as a result of U. S. military operations during the preceding year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
LIFTT Act

Bill: 115-s-1469
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Performing arts
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Lift Investment in Film, Television, and Theater Act or the LIFTT Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend provisions that allow taxpayers to elect to expense the costs of qualified film, television, and live theatrical productions. 
 
The bill also modifies the rules for electing to expense the costs. Under current law, an election to expense the costs of a film, television, or live theatrical production must be made by the due date for filing a tax return for the year in which the costs are first incurred. With respect to live theatrical productions, the bill modifies the rule to require an election to be made by the due date for filing a tax return for the taxable year in which the production holds its first public performance for a paying audience. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Countering Foreign Interference with Our Armed Forces Act

Bill: 115-s-1470
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Military command and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Russia
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Countering Foreign Interference with Our Armed Forces Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to report annually to Congress regarding attempts by the Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting as a agent for Russia, to disseminate Russian disinformation or propaganda through social media or the Internet to members of the Armed Forces with probable intent to injure the United States or advantage Russia. 
 
The military departments and the Department of State shall jointly report annually to Congress on each approval for employment or compensation from a foreign government to a retired member of the armed forces in a general or flag officer grade that was issued during the preceding year. The first such report shall cover the five-year period ending with the year before the year in which the report is submitted. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Servicemember Debt Collection Reform Act

Bill: 115-s-1471
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-06-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Department of Defense
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: 

Servicemember Debt Collection Reform Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to review and update DOD Directive 1344.09 and any associated regulations to ensure that such regulations governing debt collector interactions with unit commanders of members of the Armed Forces comply with federal consumer protection laws with respect to debt collection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area.

Bill: 115-s-1472
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2017-06-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Tennessee
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: 
This bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authority of the Department of the Interior to make grants and provide assistance for the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area through FY2021. 


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: 2017-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Introduced in Senate