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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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Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017 [HB-302] [Insurance ] [Sports ] [Healthcare ]
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill extends the liability insurance coverage of a state-licensed medical professional to another state when the professional provides medical services to an athlete, athletic team, or team staff member pursuant to a written agreement. Prior to providing such services, the medical professional must disclose to the insurer the nature and extent of the services. This extension of coverage does not apply at a health care facility or while a medical professional licensed in the state is transporting (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock Became Public Law No: 115-254. on 10/05/2018

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Fair RETIRE Act Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 [S.29] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Veterans ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ]
Fair RETIRE Act Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 This bill expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the retention and reappointment of law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, members of the Capitol and Supreme Court police, Central Intelligence Agency employees or diplomatic security agents of the Department of State (covered positions) who suffer an injury or illness while serving. In developing regulations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/04/2017

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Thin Blue Line Act [HB-115] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Thin Blue Line Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/22/2017

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Frank Lautenberg Memorial Secure Chemical Facilities Act [HB-59] [National Security ] [Public Safety ] [Cybersecurity ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ]
Frank Lautenberg Memorial Secure Chemical Facilities Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to set forth provisions for the regulation of security practices at chemical facilities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is authorized to designate: (1) any chemical substance as a substance of concern and establish and adjust the threshold quantity for each such substance after considering the potential extent of death, injury, and serious adverse effects that could result from a chemical facility terrorist incident; and (2) a chemical (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 01/25/2017

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Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act [HB-88] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Military ] [Arts and Culture ] [Recreation ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Tourism ]
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act (Sec. 3) This bill modifies the boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi to include the Fallen Timbers Battlefield, the Russell House Battlefield, and the Davis Bridge Battlefield. The Department of the Interior may acquire such lands, which shall be administered as part of the park. (Sec. 4) The bill establishes the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield in Tennessee as an affiliated area of the National Park System. The (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn Message On House Action Received In Senate And At Desk: House Amendment To Senate Amendment. on 12/21/2018

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To improve the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations on hazardous storage containers. [HB-209] [Housing ] [Environmental ] [Public Safety ] [Consumer Protection ]
To improve the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations on hazardous storage containers. This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to prescribe, or amend existing, regulations concerning the siting of HUD-assisted projects near hazardous operations handling conventional fuels or chemicals of an explosive or flammable nature to include as an exception from the definition of the term "hazard" any stationary container which stores, handles, or processes hazardous substances of an explosive or fire-prone (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young Introduced In House on 01/03/2017

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Firefighters Retention Act of 2017 [S.1128] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Veterans ]
Firefighters Retention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the use of Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants to change the status of part-time or paid-on-call firefighters to full-time firefighters.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 05/16/2017

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Back the Blue Act of 2017 [S.1134] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Back the Blue Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2966-2968) on 05/16/2017

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Back the Blue Act of 2017 [HB-2437] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Back the Blue Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/07/2017

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Thin Blue Line Act [S.1085] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Thin Blue Line Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/10/2017

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Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act [S.1046] [Economic Development ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Environmental ] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [Water ] [Law Enforcement ] [Community Development ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Telecommunications ] [Mining ] [Public Safety ]
Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act This bill amends the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (LCLA) to require implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Lincoln County, Nevada. Both the LCLA and the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (LCCRDA) are amended to make certain amounts available for comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction projects and wildfire prevention planning activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper dominated (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 02/07/2018

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Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act [HB-2374] [Economic Development ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Law Enforcement ] [Energy ] [Telecommunications ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Community Development ] [Real Estate ] [Mining ] [Construction ]
Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (LCLA) to require implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Lincoln County, Nevada. Both the LCLA and the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (LCCRDA) are amended to make certain amounts available for comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction projects and wildfire prevention planning activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-311. on 09/14/2017

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To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. [HB-2340] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Community Development ] [Budget and Spending ]
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 through FY2017, including provisions concerning secure payments to eligible states, territories, and counties containing federal land. The bill: (1) sets forth special rules for state and county payments for FY2016, and (2) requires all FY2016 payments to be made within 45 days of enactment of this bill. No funds made available to eligible counties under such Act may be used in lieu (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 05/19/2017

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A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. [S.1027] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Community Development ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 through FY2017, including provisions concerning secure payments to eligible states, territories, and counties containing federal land. The bill: (1) sets forth special rules for state and county payments for FY2016, and (2) requires all FY2016 payments to be made within 45 days of enactment of this bill. No funds made available to eligible counties under such Act may be used (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/03/2017

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National Forest Good Neighbor Act of 2017 [S.1032] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Water ] [Agriculture ] [Energy ]
National Forest Good Neighbor Act of 2017 This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into good neighbor agreements with states to carry out specified similar and complementary forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on certain National Forest System (NFS) lands. The bill makes requirements under the National Forest Management Act of 1976 regarding the advertisement of timber sales on NFS lands and the designation and supervision of the harvesting of trees, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Pat Roberts Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/03/2017

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A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for stewardship contracting projects, and for other purposes. [S.1033] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Community Development ]
A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for stewardship contracting projects, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the National Forest System that meet local and rural community needs. The bill states that the land management goals of a project may include: (1) road and trail maintenance or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Pat Roberts Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/03/2017

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Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 [HB-2266] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Agriculture ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Food ] [Law Enforcement ] [Finance ]
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 This bill provides supplemental appropriations for disaster relief, reauthorizes temporary bankruptcy judgeships, and revises requirements regarding the U.S. Trustee System Fund and bankruptcy. DIVISION A--ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF REQUIREMENTS ACT OF 2017 Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017 This division provides $36.5 billion in FY2018 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor Became Public Law No: 115-72. (txt | Pdf) on 10/26/2017

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Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017 [S.962] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Climate Change ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017 This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Forest Service to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on state and private forest lands that maintain or improve benefits from trees and forests on such lands. The program shall: address the national private forest conservation priorities specified under the Act; and enhance public benefits from trees and forests, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/27/2017

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Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act [S.950] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Veterans ] [Funding ]
Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act This bill requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to work with states and the Workforce Development Committee of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group to merge the Incident Qualification System and the Incident Qualification and Certification System into a single system by September 30, 2025. The Office of Personnel Management shall establish a pilot program for seasonal or temporary federal employees, whose duties primarily involve being a firefighter. This bill allows wildland firefighters (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2561-2563) on 04/26/2017

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