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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Official Titles Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. [S.1] [Taxes ] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Official Titles Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. With respect to individuals, the bill: replaces the existing tax brackets (10%, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi Committee On The Budget. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Enzi. Without Written Report. on 11/28/2017

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Secure Elections Act [S.2261] [Cybersecurity ] [Elections ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Voting Rights ] [National Security ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Data Privacy ]
Secure Elections Act This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies. DHS shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems. DHS shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Rules And Administration. Hearings Held. on 06/20/2018

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Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act [HB-4444] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Finance ]
Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act This bill establishes the Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury and a related trust fund to make loans to certain multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. To receive a loan, a plan must be either in critical and declining status (including any plan with respect to which a suspension of benefits has been approved) or insolvent, if the plan became insolvent after December 16, 2014, and has not been terminated. Treasury must issue bonds to fund the loan program (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 11/16/2017

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No Taxation on Device Innovation Act [S.2287] [Healthcare ] [Energy ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
No Taxation on Device Innovation Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on medical devices. The bill also prohibits: (1) major integrated oil companies from using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method; and (2) the issuance of new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to any person who does not renegotiate certain existing leases to require royalty payments if the price of oil and natural gas is greater than or equal to specified price thresholds.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/10/2018

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Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Opioid Treatment for Seniors Act of 2018 [HB-5083] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ]
Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Opioid Treatment for Seniors Act of 2018 This bill extends Medicare coverage to opioid-use disorder treatment services and programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/02/2018

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Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 [S.2502] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 03/14/2018

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DISARM Act Directing Implementation of Sanctions and Accountability for Russian Mischief Act [HB-5216] [International ] [National Security ]
DISARM Act Directing Implementation of Sanctions and Accountability for Russian Mischief Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Introduced In House on 03/08/2018

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Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2018 [S.2474] [Retirement ] [Social Security ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ]
Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to create an online Retirement Savings Lost and Found (RSLF) to assist individuals in locating certain employer-sponsored retirement accounts. The RSLF must provide plan participants or beneficiaries only with the ability to view contact information for the administrator of a plan that is sufficient to locate the plan. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to set forth additional reporting and notification (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/28/2018

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Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018 [S.2595] [International ] [Trade ] [Economic Development ]
Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/22/2018

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Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act [HB-5387] [Energy ] [Manufacturing ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Environmental ] [Economic Development ] [Science ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Trade ] [Small Business ]
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce to carry out a grant program for establishing consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic research and commercial application of clean technologies and advanced manufacturing processes. Clean technology means technologies, production processes, or methodologies that: produce energy from renewable energy sources; transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently; enhance energy efficiency (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 05/22/2018

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A bill to provide for the establishment of clean technology consortia to enhance the economic, environmental, and energy security of the United States by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies, and for other purposes. [S.2612] [Technology and Innovation ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Economic Development ] [Manufacturing ] [Climate Change ]
A bill to provide for the establishment of clean technology consortia to enhance the economic, environmental, and energy security of the United States by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/22/2018

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Secure Elections Act [S.2593] [Cybersecurity ] [Elections ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Voting Rights ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ] [Science ]
Secure Elections Act This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems. The EAC shall award election system (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 03/22/2018

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PAPER Act Protecting the American Process for Election Results Act [HB-3751] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
PAPER Act Protecting the American Process for Election Results Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Introduced In House on 09/12/2017

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Employee Rights Act [S.1774] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Employee Rights Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to: (1) make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization to interfere (currently, restrain or coerce) with the rights of employees to organize and collectively bargain; (2) require union recertification after a turnover in the workforce exceeding 50% of the bargaining unit; (3) require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to give 14 days advance notice before a hearing investigating an election petition; and (4) require an employer to provide the NLRB with a list (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/07/2017

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Building America's Trust Act [S.1757] [Immigration ] [Defense ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Rights ] [Agriculture ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Building America's Trust Act This bill provides for strengthening the barriers along the U.S. land and maritime borders to deter illegal activity, including through U.S. Border Patrol and law enforcement enhancements and personnel increases and National Guard use. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall: (1) establish a National Border Security Advisory Committee; (2) submit a southern border threat analysis; (3) implement the Border Security Deployment Program; (4) establish a biometric exit data system; (5) reestablish the Secure Communities (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 208. on 09/05/2017

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We the People Act of 2017 [HB-3537] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
We the People Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Price Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 09/06/2017

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Customer Non-Discrimination Act [HB-3520] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Consumer Protection ] [Healthcare ] [Religion ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Customer Non-Discrimination Act This bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation in places of public accommodation. It defines: "sex" to include a sex stereotype, sexual orientation or gender identity, and pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; "sexual orientation" as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality; and "gender identity" as gender-related identity, appearance, mannerisms, or characteristics, regardless (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 09/06/2017

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Food Recovery Act of 2017 [HB-3444] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Energy ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Nonprofit ]
Food Recovery Act of 2017 This bill provides funding and establishes requirements to reduce food waste and standardize date labeling on food. The bill authorizes grants or loans for activities related to: raising awareness about wasted food and food recovery efforts to reduce the quantity of wasted food, reducing food waste at schools and farms, and installing facilities that include composting or anaerobic digesters that use food or crop waste to produce energy. The bill provides funds for: (1) state storage and distribution costs under the Emergency (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/28/2017

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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 [HB-3362] [International ] [Budget and Spending ] [Trade ] [National Security ] [Human Rights ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Elections ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Construction ] [Energy ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Defense ] [Immigration ] [Disaster Relief ]
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY Provides appropriations to the Department of State for the Administration of Foreign Affairs, including: Diplomatic and Consular Programs; the Capital Investment Fund; the Office of Inspector General; Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs; Representation Expenses; Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Rogers The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 115-253, By Mr. Rogers (ky). on 07/24/2017

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Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. [HCR-71] [Budget and Spending ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Social Security ] [Children and Youth ] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Energy ] [Defense ] [Small Business ] [Veterans ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Housing ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Community Development ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Pensions ] [Unemployment ] [National Security ]
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2018 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2019-FY2027. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (Sec. 1101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2018-FY2027 for: federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and debt held by the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Diane Black Mrs. Black Moved That The House Agree To The Senate Amendment. (consideration: Cr H8230-8254) on 10/26/2017

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