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Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017 [S.1353] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 06/14/2017

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Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act of 2017 [S.1348] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act of 2017 This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of drugs with specified percentage increases in their wholesale costs to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) written justification for certain increases in drug prices. The CMS shall publish each submission, together with an easily understandable summary, on its website. Certain proprietary information may be excluded from publication, as (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/13/2017

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LGBT Pride Act [HB-2895] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
LGBT Pride Act This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take measures to increase the frequency of collection of information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of deceased individuals through the National Violent Death Reporting System.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/16/2017

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Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017 [S.1334] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ]
Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create and test a new Medicare model for advanced illness and care management that would enable certain Medicare beneficiaries with serious, chronic progressive, or advanced illnesses, to voluntarily engage in a planning process to obtain specialized care consistent with their health care goals. At least one participant in this model must be a hospice program. The model requires an interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, nurses, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/12/2017

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National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017 [HB-2875] [Insurance ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Consumer Protection ] [Housing ]
National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make additional coverage of up to $30,000 available under its existing Increased Cost of Compliance program, with optional coverage of up to $60,000. Currently, FEMA may make available coverage to insure the cost of mitigating future flood damage to a structure insured by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that has been substantially or repetitively (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Reported By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-233. on 07/18/2017

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21st Century Flood Reform Act [HB-2874] [Insurance ] [Disaster Relief ] [Housing ] [Consumer Protection ] [Real Estate ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
21st Century Flood Reform Act TITLE I--POLICYHOLDER PROTECTIONS AND INFORMATION (Sec. 101) This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through FY2022. (Sec. 102) The bill changes annual minimums and limits on premium increases for specified policies subsidized through NFIP to: (1) increase the minimum from 5% to 5.5% for the second year after enactment, (2) increase the minimum from 5% to 6% for the third year, (3) increase the minimum from 5% to 6.5% for the fourth year and beyond, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Duffy Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 11/15/2017

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Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act [HB-2872] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [Water ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Environmental ] [Science ]
Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish an expedited licensing process for issuing and amending licenses and preliminary permits for any qualifying facility as defined by this bill. In establishing the expedited process, FERC shall convene an interagency task force with appropriate federal and state agencies and Indian tribes to coordinate the regulatory process associated with the authorizations required (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Bucshon Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 12/13/2017

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Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017 [HB-2876] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 05/22/2018

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Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act [S.1331] [Animals ] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Science ]
Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act This bill provides statutory authority for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS's) Great Lakes Mass Marking Program, under which hatchery-produced fish are tagged and marked across the Great Lakes basin to be evaluated in terms of their performance in the wild or their effects on the ecosystem. The USFWS must make data collected under the program available to federal, state, and tribal fish management agencies.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 06/08/2017

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Automatic Voter Registration Act [HB-2840] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Automatic Voter Registration Act This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require state motor vehicle authorities, upon receiving certain identifying information with respect to an individual requesting motor vehicle authority services, to transmit the information to the state election official. The state election official shall then notify the individual that unless the individual declines to be registered to vote in federal elections in the state, the individual shall be automatically registered unless the individual does (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 06/08/2017

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Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2018 [HB-2846] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ]
Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2018 This bill exempts an agency's authority to collect information that is voluntary feedback from the federal information resources management activities authority of the the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act. "Voluntary feedback" is defined as any submission of information, opinion, or concern that is: (1) voluntarily made by a specific individual or entity relating to a particular service of or transaction with an agency, and (2) specifically solicited by that agency. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 12/03/2018

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Combating BDS Act of 2017 [HB-2856] [International ] [Trade ] [Consumer Protection ] [Human Rights ] [Investments ]
Combating BDS Act of 2017 This bill allows a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, prohibit investment of its assets in, or restrict contracting with: (1) an entity that engages in a commerce- or investment-related boycott, divestment, or sanctions activity targeting Israel; or (2) an entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with such an entity. Such measures are not preempted by federal law. A state or local government that seeks to adopt or enforce (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Introduced In House on 06/08/2017

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DHS Authorization Act Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act [HB-2825] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [National Security ] [Budget and Spending ] [Data Privacy ] [Science ] [Law Enforcement ] [Telecommunications ] [Small Business ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Elections ] [Infrastructure ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Crime ]
DHS Authorization Act Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act DIVISION A--HOMELAND SECURITY TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 Subtitle A--Headquarters Operations (Sec. 1101) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to define "homeland security enterprise" as any relevant governmental or nongovernmental entity involved in homeland security, including a federal, state, or local government official, private sector representative, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally By Senator Johnson From Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-351. on 11/13/2018

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America Votes Act of 2017 [HB-2854] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
America Votes Act of 2017 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual required to present identification as a condition of voting in a federal election to meet the requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification and that he or she is registered to vote in the election. An individual desiring to vote by mail may submit such a statement with the ballot. States with an identification requirement shall: (1) prepare a pre-printed version of the statement which includes a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 06/08/2017

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Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017 [S.1325] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Military ] [Public Health ]
Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint qualified graduates and post-secondary students to competitive service positions without regard to certain federal civil service employment and retention provisions. The VA shall allow for excepted service appointments of qualifying students and recent graduates leading to career or career conditional employment. The VA may appoint: (1) highly qualified candidates without regard to competitive service provisions if the Office of Personnel (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 07/11/2017

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Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-2843] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Children and Youth ]
Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Kennedy Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/09/2017

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Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 [S.1317] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Children and Youth ]
Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/08/2017

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Improving Access to Capital Act [HB-2864] [Finance ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Investments ]
Improving Access to Capital Act (Sec. 1) This bill exempts, under Regulation A+, certain fully reporting issuers of securities from specified disclosure requirements. Under current law, Regulation A+ exempts certain smaller offerings from securities registration requirements but applies only to non-reporting issuers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 09/06/2017

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HOT CARS Act of 2017 Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act [HB-2801] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Consumer Protection ]
HOT CARS Act of 2017 Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue a final rule to require that all new passenger motor vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds be equipped with a system for rear seating positions to alert (by an auditory and visual alert that may be combined with a haptic alert) the motor vehicle operator to check rear designated seating positions after the vehicle motor is deactivated. A state shall use a portion of its highway safety program funds to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 06/09/2017

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Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 [HB-2803] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ]
Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 This bill sets forth a variety of measures to address the prevention and punishment of human trafficking and to assist trafficking victims. Included among these are provisions concerning: restitution for victims; funding of investigations of offenses relating to sexual abuse of children; grants to states and localities and other entities for victim service assistance; training of health, victim service, and federal law enforcement personnel, including through the use of a victim screening protocol by the Department (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 07/12/2017

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