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Drinking Water Safety and Infrastructure Act [S.2579] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Infrastructure ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
Drinking Water Safety and Infrastructure Act This bill provides additional assistance for a public health emergency related to a contaminated public drinking water supply system. Assistance may be provided through grants under the drinking water state revolving fund and loans under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program. Upon the request of a state or local health official, the National Center for Environmental Health's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry must conduct voluntary surveillance activities to evaluate any (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 02/24/2016

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Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2016 [S.2556] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Trade ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Education ]
Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for training to adversely affected workers, to authorize a state to use certain funds distributed by the Department of Labor to reimburse the costs of providing training to an adversely affected worker before the worker is approved for training under the Act if those costs have been paid by: the state from state funds, the state or local workforce development areas within the state from funds available for workforce (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/11/2016

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California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act [S.2533] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Energy ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Science ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Climate Change ] [Animals ] [Agriculture ]
California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act TITLE I--LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS FOR WESTERN STATES SUBJECT TO DROUGHT This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, within California and other states served by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), and also within Alaska and Hawaii, to provide: (1) cost-shared financial assistance and other long-term agreements to nonfederal participants to advance the planning, design, and construction of nonfederal permanent water storage and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Water And Power. Hearings Held. on 05/17/2016

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A bill to authorize appropriations for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. [S.2532] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
A bill to authorize appropriations for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2020 the drinking water state revolving fund program. The bill also amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2020 the state revolving fund program for water pollution control.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/10/2016

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Combating BDS Act of 2016 [S.2531] [International ] [Trade ] [Investments ] [Human Rights ]
Combating BDS Act of 2016 This bill authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit investment of its assets in: (1) an entity that such government determines, using credible information available to the public, 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 government shall provide written notice (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/10/2016

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Puerto Rico Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015 [S.2436] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Economic Development ]
Puerto Rico Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015 This bill grants a temporary stay (until April 1, 2016, with specified exceptions) of any litigation, liens, or other collection actions to recover debts owed by the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and allows relief from such stay only in limited circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 12/18/2015

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Clean Energy Worker Just Transition Act [S.2398] [Energy ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ] [Healthcare ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Infrastructure ] [Water ] [Air Quality ] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Climate Change ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Unemployment ]
Clean Energy Worker Just Transition Act This bill prescribes eligibility requirements and procedures for the award of temporary adjustment assistance to a group of workers of adversely affected coal-related or coal-dependent or similar energy industries who are totally or partially separated, or threatened with total or partial separation, because of the low cost of competing alternative forms of energy. Such assistance shall include temporary additional unemployment compensation, health insurance premium subsidy tax credits, training and support (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/10/2015

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Puerto Rico Assistance Act of 2015 [S.2381] [Taxes ] [Pensions ] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Economic Development ]
Puerto Rico Assistance Act of 2015 TITLE I--TAXES The bill provides for a reduction in employment and self-employment tax rates for qualified residents of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands during a payroll tax holiday period beginning after December 31, 2015, and ending before January 1, 2021. TITLE II--PUBLIC PENSIONS The bill requires reports on: (1) the financial condition of Puerto Rico public pension plans, and (2) state and local government employee pension benefit plans. The bill amends (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/09/2015

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PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act [S.2328] [Budget and Spending ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Infrastructure ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ] [Small Business ] [Taxes ] [Trade ]
PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act This bill addresses Puerto Rico's debt by establishing an oversight board, a process for restructuring debt, and expedited procedures for approving critical infrastructure projects. (Sec. 2) The effective date of this bill is the date of enactment. Title III (Adjustments of Debts) only applies to cases commenced under it on or after the date of enactment. Titles III and VI (Creditor Collective Action) apply to all debts, claims, and liens, regardless of the creation date. (Sec. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz Became Public Law No: 114-187. (txt | Pdf) on 06/30/2016

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A bill to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund for 10 years, and for other purposes. [S.2318] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Recreation ]
A bill to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund for 10 years, and for other purposes. This bill extends the authorization of appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) through FY2025. Appropriations deposited into the LWCF shall be allocated in the ratio of 60% and 40% for state and federal purposes, respectively.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Barrasso Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 11/19/2015

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A PLUS Act Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act [S.2310] [Education ] [Funding ]
A PLUS Act Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act This bill allows each state to receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and manage the funds to advance the educational policy of the state. States must submit to the Department of Education a declaration of intent no less than every five years. Each declaration must be formulated by a combination of specified state officials or by referendum and must list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. States may use such funds for any educational (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S8164) on 11/19/2015

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Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act [S.220] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Public Health ]
Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act Prohibits the federal government and any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance from discriminating or retaliating against any individual or health care entity because of a refusal to recommend, refer for, provide coverage for, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in any abortion. Includes within prohibited discrimination: (1) denial, deprivation, or disqualification in licensing; (2) withholding accreditations, authorizations, loans, grants, aids, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/21/2015

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A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund. [S.2169] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Funding ] [Water ] [Recreation ]
A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This bill extends the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund through December 11, 2015.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick Leahy Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 271. on 10/19/2015

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A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to permanently authorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. [S.2165] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Funding ] [Water ]
A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to permanently authorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 270. on 10/19/2015

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A bill to extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to make permanent the payment in lieu of taxes program and the land and water conservation fund. [S.2164] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Funding ] [Recreation ] [Budget and Spending ] [Water ]
A bill to extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to make permanent the payment in lieu of taxes program and the land and water conservation fund. This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program through FY2025 at FY2011 funding levels. This Program provides payments to state jurisdictions to compensate for the cost of providing services in tax-exempt federal lands within such jurisdictions. Payments under such Act for FY2016 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be exempt from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 10/07/2015

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An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 [S.2132] [Finance ] [Telecommunications ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Education ] [Social Security ] [Children and Youth ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Energy ] [Insurance ]
An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government; the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and several related agencies. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service. Executive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 251. on 10/06/2015

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A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund. [S.2101] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Recreation ]
A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This bill extends funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund through November 30, 2015.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 09/29/2015

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Local Transportation Infrastructure Act [S.206] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ]
Local Transportation Infrastructure Act Revises and reauthorizes the state infrastructure bank program for FY2015 and FY2016.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kelly Ayotte Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 01/21/2015

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North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 [S.2012] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [Cybersecurity ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Water ] [Science ] [Budget and Spending ] [Mining ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 with respect to energy efficiency in buildings and appliances. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department of Energy (DOE) shall conduct activities with respect to manufacturing energy efficiency. Vehicle Innovation Act of 2015 DOE shall conduct research, development, engineering, demonstration, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Conference Held. on 09/08/2016

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Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015 [S.2011] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [National Security ] [Air Quality ] [Climate Change ] [Military ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Science ] [Native American Affairs ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015 TITLE I--THE GULF OF MEXICO OFFSHORE ENERGY AND JOBS ACT OF 2015 (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Department of the Interior to make available for oil and natural gas leasing, and conduct lease sales, including sales of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area in the Gulf of Mexico considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources. Each proposed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Murkowski. With Written Report No. 114-137. Minority Views Filed. on 09/09/2015

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