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Save America's Science Act [HB-1232] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Save America's Science Act This bill requires each federal agency to: (1) maintain each data asset of the agency, including any asset collected for the agency under a contract, in accordance with its records management program; (2) establish safeguards against the removal or loss of such assets; and (3) make any requirements and penalties related to such removal or loss known to agency officials and employees. Each agency shall: (1) notify the Archivist of the United States and Congress of any actual or threatened unlawful removal, defacing, alteration, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 02/27/2017

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 [S.442] [Aerospace ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Cybersecurity ] [National Security ] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [International ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Military ] [Public Safety ]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for FY2017 for: exploration; space operations; science; aeronautics; space technology; education; safety, security, and mission services; construction and environmental compliance and restoration; and the NASA Inspector General. TITLE II--SUSTAINING NATIONAL SPACE COMMITMENTS (Sec. 201) The bill expresses the sense of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray Signed By President. on 03/21/2017

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WMATA Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1140] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
WMATA Improvement Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide additional grants for each of FY2018-FY2028 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for financing approved capital and preventive maintenance projects. No grants may be provided until: the WMATA Board of Directors certifies that amendments have been made to the existing collective bargaining agreement between WMATA and a collective bargaining unit allowing WMATA to implement necessary operational changes required to provide a high (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Delaney Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/16/2017

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Retain Act [HB-1185] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Trade ] [Manufacturing ] [Small Business ]
Retain Act This bill requires an executive agency to give a contracting preference to an offeror that certifies it will retain jobs performed in the United States and use products substantially manufactured in, and services provided in, the United States for the contract. To be eligible, an offeror shall certify that it: has not relocated jobs from the United States to foreign countries in the preceding five years, has not established foreign facilities to perform the same function that could have been performed in the United States with the intention (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Introduced In House on 02/16/2017

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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act [S.385] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Manufacturing ] [Construction ] [Small Business ] [Budget and Spending ] [Science ] [Housing ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Climate Change ] [Economic Development ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act This bill revises a variety of programs to encourage energy efficiency in buildings, industry, the federal government, and certain appliances. TITLE I--BUILDINGS Subtitle A--Building Energy Codes (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act (ECPA) to require states and Indian tribes to measure and certify their compliance with certain residential and commercial building energy codes by a specified deadline. The Department of Energy (DOE) must: (1) provide technical and financial (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-60. on 05/10/2017

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Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 [HB-1068] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Climate Change ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Infrastructure ] [Energy ]
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise regulations for drinking water contaminants, including by: requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether or not to regulate no fewer than 10 contaminants every 3 years (current law requires 5 contaminants every 5 years); revising the process and requirements for setting maximum containment levels in national primary drinking water regulations; directing the EPA to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/17/2017

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Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2017 [HB-1071] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Healthcare ] [Infrastructure ]
Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize for FY2018-FY2022 and revise the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF), including to require SRF-funded projects to use iron and steel produced in the United States. The bill revises requirements for state Intended Use Plans for SRF funds, including to require the plans to: (1) list systems that are not in compliance with national primary drinking water regulation, (2) reserve a specified amount of funding for assistance for disadvantaged (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/17/2017

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BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act [S.369] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Military ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give preference to offerors based on the percentage of the offeror's full-time employees who are veterans. The VA is authorized to debar from VA contracting for at least five years any offeror determined to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of its employees.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/14/2017

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Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act [HB-1042] [Construction ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act This bill requires that the locally prevailing wage paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act) be determined by the Department of Labor (as under current law), but acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), using surveys carried out by BLS that use proper random statistical sampling techniques.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice Introduced In House on 02/14/2017

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Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act [HB-1011] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to state that provisions authorizing the appointment of special consultants or authorizing individual scientists to receive fellowships do not authorize the designation, appointment, or employment of any special consultant, fellow, or other employee by an agency outside of the Department of Health and Human Services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Burgess Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/17/2017

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Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2017 [S.348] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Veterans ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ]
Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate lower prices on behalf of Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries for covered prescription drugs that the CMS deems appropriate for negotiation based on: (1) program and per-beneficiary spending, (2) unit price increases over the preceding years, (3) initial launch price, (4) availability of similarly effective alternative treatments, (5) status of the drug as a follow-on to previously approved drugs, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/09/2017

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Strong Families Act [S.344] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Strong Families Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for up to 25% of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employees are on family and medical leave, (2) limit the allowable amount of such credit to $3,000 per employee for any taxable year, and (3) terminate such credit two years after the enactment of this bill. The Government Accountability Office shall complete a study on the effectiveness of the tax credit for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/08/2017

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Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2017 [HB-970] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Veterans ] [Disabilities ] [Human Rights ] [Finance ]
Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2017 This bill directs executive agencies to require any covered contractor (a for-profit business with gross receipts exceeding $1 billion for the previous year) awarded a contract of $5 million or more to submit, within 60 days: data on the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of such contractor's board of directors and senior executives; data on the affiliation of any such board member or executive to a historically underrepresented group, including veterans and individuals with disabilities; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 02/07/2017

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BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act [HB-974] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Military ] [Small Business ] [Public Safety ]
BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give preference to offerors based on the percentage of the offeror's full-time employees who are veterans. The VA is authorized to debar from VA contracting for at least five years any offeror determined to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of its employees. Such debarment shall include the debarment of all principals (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/14/2017

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Buy American Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-904] [Trade ] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Manufacturing ] [Construction ] [National Security ] [Water ] [Air Quality ] [Housing ] [Environmental ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Buy American Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Buy American Act and federal grant programs to: (1) standardize guidelines for federal agencies to waive Buy American requirements for their construction contracts and direct purchases of materials for public buildings, uses, or works; and (2) extend domestic content requirements to additional grant programs that federal agencies administer to fund states and other entities carrying out transportation and infrastructure projects. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) must require (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 02/24/2017

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Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2017 [HB-939] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Manufacturing ] [Infrastructure ] [Consumer Protection ]
Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to permanently extend a requirement that water system projects financed through a drinking water state revolving fund program only use iron and steel products that are produced in the United States, unless the Environmental Protection Agency grants a waiver from the requirement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/10/2017

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Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act [HB-971] [Small Business ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act This bill treats a small business owned by the surviving spouse of member of the Armed Forces killed in the line of duty as a small business concern owned and controlled by a service-disabled veteran for purposes of contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The company shall be so considered beginning on the date on which the member of the Armed Forces dies and ending on the earlier of the date on which the surviving spouse: (1) remarries, or (2) relinquishes ownership in (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Meng Introduced In House on 02/07/2017

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A resolution recognizing the contributions of Federal employees and pledging to oppose efforts to reduce Federal workforce pay and benefits, eliminate civil service employment protections, undermine collective bargaining, and increase the use of non-Federal contractors for inherently governmental activities. [SR-51] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Public Safety ]
A resolution recognizing the contributions of Federal employees and pledging to oppose efforts to reduce Federal workforce pay and benefits, eliminate civil service employment protections, undermine collective bargaining, and increase the use of non-Federal contractors for inherently governmental activities. Declares that the Senate will deny the passage of any legislation, and challenge any action of the executive branch, that: erodes fair compensation for federal employees, undermines the value of federal employee retirement programs, diminishes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S750-751) on 02/06/2017

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Federal Transit Modernization Act of 2017 [HB-891] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Infrastructure ]
Federal Transit Modernization Act of 2017 This bill repeals requirements that condition certain financial assistance for public transportation projects upon employee protective arrangements approved by the Secretary of Labor.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/07/2017

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Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017 [HB-856] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Public Safety ]
Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017 This bill amends the: (1) VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend through 2020 the veterans retraining assistance program, and (2) Wounded Warrior Act to extend through 2020 the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide the same rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members of the Armed Forces with severe injuries or illnesses as are provided to veterans. The bill extends through: (1) March 31, 2020, additional VA rehabilitation programs for certain disabled veterans who have (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 04/25/2017

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