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Rail Shipper Fairness Act of 2017 [S.1233]
Rail Shipper Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends federal transportation law to: (1) require rail transportation service to be efficient and reliable based on a shipper's reasonable service requirements, and (2) expand enumerated U.S. transportation policies to provide for and promote the protection of the shipping public. The Surface Transportation Board (STB) may: issue emergency service orders that include rail carrier shipments moving under contract if such shipments are part of a regional service order; and require reports, service plans,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Al Franken
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 05/25/2017
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SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 [HB-2748]
SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine debris
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 06/12/2017
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Public Engagement at FERC Act [S.1240]
Public Engagement at FERC Act This bill amends the Federal Power Act to revise and expand the Office of Public Participation in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and rename it as the Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy. The office may participate in FERC proceedings on rates, service, and infrastructure siting to represent the interests of the public and issue guidance for potential improvements to industry and FERC practices. Additionally, the office must establish a Public and Consumer Advocacy Advisory Committee
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/25/2017
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Public Engagement at FERC Act [HB-2656]
Public Engagement at FERC Act This bill amends the Federal Power Act to revise and expand the Office of Public Participation in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and rename it as the Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy. The office may participate in FERC proceedings on rates, service, and infrastructure siting to represent the interests of the public and issue guidance for potential improvements to industry and FERC practices. Additionally, the office must establish a Public and Consumer Advocacy Advisory Committee
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 05/26/2017
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Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Act of 2017 [HB-2724]
Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the diversity visa program with a paying immigrant program under which an immigrant visa can be obtained by paying a $1 million fee (and a $500,000 fee for an accompanying child under the age of 18). The bill establishes a fiscal year limit of 55,000 visas for such immigrants. A Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Account is established in the Treasury for such fees (except for certain of such fees allocated to individuals
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 07/11/2017
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Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017 [HB-2696]
Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017 This bill establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Environmental Justice, which must: complete and publish online environmental justice assessments of executive orders and discuss the assessments with the President before the executive orders are signed, review progress being made on implementing environmental justice policies at certain agencies, coordinate community and stakeholder outreach, and ensure that the goals of Executive Order 12898 relating to federal actions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/26/2017
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Stop Taxpayer-Funded Alcohol Marketing Act [HB-2731]
Stop Taxpayer-Funded Alcohol Marketing Act This bill amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from awarding value-added agricultural product market development grants to support the marketing of beer, wine, distilled spirits, hard cider, or other alcohol products. The bill also rescinds $8 million of the unobligated funds that were previously provided to USDA for the grants.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 06/26/2017
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Veterans Health Administration Reform Act of 2017 [S.1279]
Veterans Health Administration Reform Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Care in the Community Program to furnish specified hospital care and medical and dental services to eligible veterans through provider agreements with eligible non-VA health care providers. (This program replaces the Veterans Choice Program and other specified programs.) The bill provides for timely provider reimbursement by the VA. Reimbursement authority for veterans emergency treatment and urgent care in non-VA facilities
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Sponsored by: Sen. James Risch
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 07/11/2017
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Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2017 [HB-2623]
Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2017 This bill requires federal agencies to: (1) designate regulatory reform officers to oversee reduction, cost control, planning, review, and termination of regulatory programs; and (2) establish task forces to recommend, within a five-year period, the repeal or amendment of regulations that eliminate or inhibit jobs, impose costs exceeding benefits, create inconsistency, interfere with regulatory reform, are inconsistent with Paperwork Reduction Act guidelines, were
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 11/30/2017
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Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017 [HB-2593]
Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-1017. on 11/13/2018
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National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 [HB-2584]
National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 This bill: (1) establishes the National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund, and (2) requires specified amounts of federal mineral revenues that are not otherwise credited, covered, or deposited pursuant to federal law to be deposited into such fund each fiscal year through FY2047. Amounts in the fund shall be used for meeting high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service (NPS) as follows: 20% shall be allocated to transportation-related projects that may be eligible for funding made
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 03/20/2018
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Vulnerable Children and Families Act of 2017 [HB-2532]
Vulnerable Children and Families Act of 2017 This bill redesignates the Office of Children's Issues of the Department of State as the Office of Vulnerable Children and Family Security (VCFS). The President shall appoint an Ambassador-at-Large to promote: (1) oversight of the VCFS; (2) the implementation in foreign countries of child welfare laws and policies in keeping with the goals of the United States Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity; and (3) addressing the gap in U.S. diplomacy, policy, and operations regarding permanent family
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 05/18/2017
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Quiet Communities Act of 2017 [HB-2539]
Quiet Communities Act of 2017 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control and reauthorizes the office's activities through FY2022. The responsibilities of the office must include: (1) promoting the development of effective state and local noise control programs, (2) carrying out a national noise control research program, (3) carrying out a national noise environmental assessment program, (4) establishing regional technical assistance centers to assist state and local noise
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 05/19/2017
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FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-2548]
FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through FY2020. (Sec. 3) The National Advisory Council shall: (1) begin a comprehensive study relating to disaster costs and losses and federal disaster assistance within 30 days of this bill's enactment; and (2) convene to evaluate disaster costs and losses and federal disaster assistance within 120 days of enactment, including consideration of trends and contributing factors,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-191, Part I. on 06/23/2017
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TABS Act of 2017 Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 2017 [HB-2553]
TABS Act of 2017 Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 2017 This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to eliminate provisions that fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) using transfers from the earnings of the Federal Reserve System. The transfers under current law permit the CFPB to be funded outside of the annual appropriations process, and this bill brings the CFPB into the regular process.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Young
Introduced In House on 05/19/2017
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RECLAIM Act of 2017 Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2017 [HB-1731]
RECLAIM Act of 2017 Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to make specified funds available to the Department of the Interior through FY2021 for distribution to states and Indian tribes to promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining carried
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-351, Part I. on 10/19/2017
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RECLAIM Act of 2017 Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2017 [S.728]
RECLAIM Act of 2017 Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to make specified funds available to the Department of the Interior through FY2021 for distribution to states and Indian tribes to promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining carried
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1997-1999) on 03/27/2017
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To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Environmental Protection Agency. [HB-1716]
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Environmental Protection Agency. This bill exempts the Environmental Protection Agency from any action by the President to freeze the hiring of federal employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Introduced In House on 03/23/2017
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Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act [S.716]
Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue a debt limit warning to Congress if Treasury determines that the United States will reach the statutory debt limit within 60 days. The warning must include a determination of when extraordinary measures may be necessary to prolong the funding of the U.S. government in the absence of a debt limit increase. Any formal Presidential request to increase the debt limit must include: (1) the amount of the proposed increase, and (2) proposed legislation to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 03/23/2017
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Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 [S.722]
Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 This bill directs the Departments of State, Defense, and Treasury and the Director of National Intelligence to submit a strategy every two years for deterring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities that threaten the United States and key allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. The President shall impose asset blocking and U.S. exclusion sanctions against any person that materially contributes to: (1) Iran's ballistic missile or weapons of mass destruction programs, or (2)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 06/29/2017