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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 [S.1129]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) contracts to procure three National Security Cutters, and (4) the Coast Guard Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast
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Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 [HB-2473]
[Human Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office for Victims of Crime within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish a report on state safe harbor laws, including: (1) the impact of state safe harbor laws on victims of trafficking, and (2) best practices and recommendations on the development and implementation of effective state safe harbor laws. (Sec. 3) The bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to modify requirements with respect to the allocation of trafficking victim services
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Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act [HB-2451]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act This bill amends the title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Federal Pell Grant Program. Specifically, it: converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program; increases the maximum Pell Grant award for academic year 2019-2020 and adjusts it in subsequent award years to account for inflation; allows federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet
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Deborah Sampson Act [HB-2452]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Deborah Sampson Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of peer-to-peer assistance for women veterans who are separating or newly separated from the Armed Forces), with emphasis placed on women who suffered service-related sexual trauma or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Additionally, the VA shall: expand the women veterans call center to include a text messaging capability; establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide
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Jamiel Shaw, II Memorial Act of 2017 [HB-2458]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Jamiel Shaw, II Memorial Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the payment of funds to a state or its political subdivisions under any program or activity administered by the Department of Homeland Security unless such state: (1) compiles statistics on each person arrested, charged, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated by such state, including the immigration status and country of origin of such persons and the crimes for which such persons were arrested, charged, convicted, or incarcerated; (2) reports such statistics monthly to the Federal Bureau of
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Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 [HB-2426]
[National Security ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 This bill instructs the General Services Administration, the Architect of the Capitol, or any other federal agency (other than the Department of Defense), before entering into a lease agreement with a public or private entity to accommodate a federal agency in a building or other improvement that will be used for high-security leased space, to require such entity: to identify each beneficial owner of such entity; to disclose to such agency any beneficial owner that is a foreign person; and if
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College Transparency Act [HB-2434]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
College Transparency Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must: evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and post-collegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid at the student level; provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education;
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College Transparency Act [S.1121]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
College Transparency Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must: evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and post-collegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid at the student level; provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education;
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Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act [S.1122]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to specify that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) may issue a citation for a violation of workplace safety requirements within the six-month period following an employer satisfying the requirements. Current law includes a limitation period that prevents OSHA from issuing citations six months after the occurrence of a violation. Thus, this bill specifies that the statute of limitations is tolled if there
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Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017 [S.1119]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017
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Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017 [S.1112]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program under which HHS may make grants to states (including federally recognized Indian tribes and organizations) for the purpose of: (1) reviewing pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths (maternal deaths); (2) establishing and sustaining a maternal mortality review committee to review relevant information; (3) ensuring that the state department of health develops a plan for ongoing health care provider education
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act of 2017 [HB-2406]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (2) establish within ICE the Offices of Homeland Security Investigations, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Principal Legal Advisor, Management and Administration, and Professional Responsibility; and (3) remove references to the Bureau of Border Security. DHS shall: (1) authorize all deportation officers who
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Personal Care Products Safety Act [S.1113]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Animals ]
Personal Care Products Safety Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require cosmetics companies to register their facilities with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and to submit to the FDA cosmetic ingredient statements that include the amounts of a cosmetic's ingredients. Companies must pay a facility registration fee based on their annual gross sales of cosmetics. The collected fees can only be used for cosmetic safety activities. If the FDA determines that a cosmetic has a reasonable probability of causing serious
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Miners Pension Protection Act [S.1105]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Miners Pension Protection Act This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to provide pension benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The Department of the Treasury must transfer additional funds to the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the amounts available for transfer under SMCRA's $490 million annual limit exceed the amounts required to be transferred for other purposes
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Pediatric Device Development Act [S.1093]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Pediatric Device Development Act
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Duplicative Green Building Program Evaluation Act [S.1071]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
Duplicative Green Building Program Evaluation Act
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A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil. [S.1089]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil. This bill directs the Department of Energy to update its report on the energy and environmental benefits of re-refining used lubricating oil and submit to Congress a strategic plan to increase the beneficial reuse of lubricating oil.
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Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017 [S.1074]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to publish guidance to establish uniform standards and procedures for the acceptance of practitioner signatures in digital or other electronic form for the purposes of: (1) disclosures of tax returns and return information to a designee of the taxpayer, and (2) any power of attorney executed by the taxpayer.
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Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017 [S.1088]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that all agencies should strive to provide high-quality, courteous, effective, and efficient services and seek to measure, collect, report, and utilize metrics relating to the experience of persons interacting with them to continually improve services. (Sec. 4) The bill amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to exempt the collection of information by an agency that is voluntary feedback from the agency's authority to prescribe policies, rules, regulations,
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Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act [S.1091]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes an Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. The council must identify, promote, coordinate, and publicly disseminate information and resources to help older relatives meet the needs of the children in their care and maintain their own health and emotional well-being. The council must report on the information and resources. The bill terminates the council after three years.