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Senior$afe Act of 2017 [S.223] [Finance ] [Insurance ] [Senior Citizens ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Crime ]
Senior$afe Act of 2017 This bill extends immunity from liability to certain individuals who, in good faith and with reasonable care, disclose the suspected exploitation of a senior citizen to a regulatory or law-enforcement agency. Specifically, this immunity shall apply to certain credit-union, depository-institution, investment-adviser, broker-dealer, insurance-company, and insurance-agency employees who have received specified training related to identifying and reporting the suspected exploitation of a senior citizen. Similarly, the employing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S449-450) on 01/24/2017

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Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act [HB-622] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Law Enforcement ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Agriculture ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act This bill declares that, by September 30, 2017, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall terminate the Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations unit and cease using Forest Service employees to perform law enforcement functions on federal lands. Also by such date, the Department of the Interior shall terminate the Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and cease using Interior employees to perform law enforcement functions on federal lands. Interior shall make a grant to each state to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Doug LaMalfa Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Stewart Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be Considered As The First Sponsor Of H.r. 622, A Bill Originally Introduced By Representative Chaffetz, For The Purpose Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Pursuant To Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. Agreed To Without Objection. on 07/11/2017

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ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 [HB-620] [Disabilities ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Construction ] [Housing ]
ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Disability Rights Section of the Department of Justice to develop a program to educate state and local governments and property owners on strategies for promoting access to public accommodations for persons with a disability. The program may include training for professionals to provide a guidance of remediation for potential violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. (Sec. 3) The bill prohibits civil actions based on the failure to remove an architectural barrier (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Received In The Senate. on 02/26/2018

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H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017 [S.180] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Trade ] [Small Business ] [Cybersecurity ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Data Privacy ] [Economic Development ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ]
H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise employer and government requirements regarding visas for nonimmigrant aliens rated H-1B (specialty occupation) and L-1 (intracompany transfer to the United States from abroad). H-1B employer application requirements are revised. The bill establishes an H-1B visa allocation system, with first priority reserved for aliens who have earned an advanced degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from a U.S. institution (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/20/2017

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Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act [S.179] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Crime ]
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify program permanent. The bill requires: (1) federal agencies, contractors, and critical employers to participate in E-Verify; (2) all U.S. employers to participate in E-Verify within one year of enactment of this Act; and (3) employers using a contract, subcontract, or exchange to obtain labor to certify that they utilize E-Verify. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall require the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/20/2017

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Investor Choice Act of 2017 [HB-585] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ] [Investments ]
Investor Choice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to prohibit a broker, dealer, funding portal, municipal-securities dealer, or investment adviser from entering into, modifying, or extending an agreement with a customer or client if that agreement: (1) mandates arbitration with respect to a future dispute between the parties; (2) restricts or limits the ability of the customer or client to select a forum for the resolution of such a dispute; or (3) restricts or limits the ability (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 01/17/2017

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Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 [HB-522] [Budget and Spending ] [Environmental ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 This bill prohibits government officials from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement resolving a civil action on behalf of the United States that provides for a payment to any person or entity other than the United States. The bill provides exceptions to allow payments that remedy actual harm (including to the environment) caused by the party making the payment or that constitute payment for services rendered in connection with the case. Government officials or agents who violate this prohibition (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 02/08/2017

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Ensure Fair Prices in Title Insurance Act of 2017 [HB-517] [Real Estate ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Ensure Fair Prices in Title Insurance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to exempt affiliated business arrangements from the prohibitions against kickbacks and unearned fees so long as no fee, kickback, or thing of value (including any return on ownership based on referrals paid for or received from an affiliated business arrangement) is paid or received pursuant to any agreement or understanding for referrals of business incident to or a part of a real estate settlement service involving a federally related (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano Introduced In House on 01/13/2017

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Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2017 [HB-540] [Taxes ] [Ethics ] [Finance ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ] [Crime ]
Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2017 7 This bill requires any individual holding the office of President to submit federal tax returns to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The individual must submit: (1) each return filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for any year ending while the individual is President, and (2) each return filed with the IRS for the three years before the individual assumed office. After receiving the returns, the OGE must: (1) make the returns publicly available on the Internet, and (2) submit the returns to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 01/13/2017

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Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 [HB-548] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ]
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of a hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service with liability protection provided by the United States for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency or post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2016.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Kelly (pa) Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be Considered As The Primary Sponsor Of H.r. 548, A Bill Originally Introduced By Representative Dent, For The Purpose Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Under Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. on 05/21/2018

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Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act [HB-469] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decrees or settlement agreements that require agency action, relating to a regulatory action that would affect the rights of: (1) private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. The bill sets (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/26/2017

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Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act [S.124] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Healthcare ] [Consumer Protection ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate proceedings against parties to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in connection with the sale of a drug. Such an agreement, with specified exceptions, is presumed to have anticompetitive effects and is a violation of this bill if the filer of the abbreviated new drug (generic) application receives anything of value and agrees to limit or forego research, development, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/12/2017

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Fair Franchise Act of 2017 [HB-470] [Consumer Protection ] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Economic Development ]
Fair Franchise Act of 2017 This bill prohibits any franchise seller, in connection with any disclosure document, notice, or report required by any federal, state, or local law, from making an untrue statement of material fact or failing to state a material fact or any other fact that would render any required statement or disclosure either untrue or misleading. A franchise seller is also prohibited from failing to furnish any prospective franchisee with: all information required to be disclosed by law; a written statement on whether the franchise (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Huffman Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017

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Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 [S.119] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Ethics ]
Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decrees or settlement agreements that require agency action, relating to a regulatory action that would affect the rights of: (1) private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. The (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S315-316) on 01/12/2017

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HEART Act of 2017 Help Extract Animals from Red Tape Act of 2017 [HB-398] [Animals ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
HEART Act of 2017 Help Extract Animals from Red Tape Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the notice period in civil forfeiture proceedings that involve the seizure of an animal involved in animal fighting. It requires the government to send notice of the seizure to interested parties within 30 days (currently, 60 days). The notice period may be extended only if a delay is warranted after considering certain factors, including the cost to the government of providing shelter for the animal, the health of the animal and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/06/2017

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A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials and for other purposes. [S.89] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Construction ] [Public Safety ]
A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill revises the requirements for passenger vessels that are exempt from fire-retardant materials standards. Vessels in operation before January 1, 1968, that operate within inland waterways (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 04/04/2017

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Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 [S.91] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Native American Affairs ] [Education ] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to rename the Act to the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 and to revise the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs for Indian tribes. (Sec. 6) The bill revises the types of programs that may be integrated. (Sec. 8) The bill revises the process for: (1) federal agencies to grant or deny (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Star Print Ordered On Report 115-26. on 04/25/2017

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Shareholder Protection Act of 2017 [HB-376] [Finance ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Funding ]
Shareholder Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization with respect to certain political expenditures by an issuer. A violation of this requirement shall be considered a breach of fiduciary duty, and the officers and directors who authorized the expenditure shall be subject to joint and several liability. The Securities and Exchange Commission must direct the national securities exchanges and associations to prohibit the listing of any equity security of an issuer whose corporate (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Introduced In House on 01/09/2017

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Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017 [S.65] [Ethics ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017 This bill requires the President and Vice President to submit to Congress and the Office of Government Ethics a disclosure of financial interests. Among the contents of such disclosure, the President and Vice President shall: (1) include a detailed description of each financial interest of the President and Vice President, the spouse of the President and Vice President, or a minor child of the President and Vice President; and (2) include the tax returns filed by or on behalf of the President and Vice (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/09/2017

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Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017 [HB-371] [Ethics ] [Finance ] [Taxes ]
Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017 This bill requires the President and Vice President to submit to Congress and the Office of Government Ethics a disclosure of financial interests. Among the contents of such disclosure, the President and Vice President shall: (1) include a detailed description of each financial interest of the President and Vice President, the spouse of the President and Vice President, or a minor child of the President and Vice President; and (2) include the tax returns filed by or on behalf of the President and Vice (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017

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