Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2017 [S.1302]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2017 This bill converts certain temporary U.S. district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified U.S. judicial districts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.
S.1302: Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/07/2017
Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act [S.407]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for railroad track maintenance.
S.407: Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/16/2017
Restore Honor to Service Members Act [S.1366]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Restore Honor to Service Members Act This bill requires appropriate military record correction boards or discharge review boards to review the discharge characterization of any former members of the Armed Forces requesting a review who were discharged because of their sexual orientation. Such boards to change a characterization to honorable if such characterization is any characterization except honorable. The Department of Defense (DOD) shall ensure that any such changes are carried out consistently and uniformly across the military departments
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S.1366: Restore Honor to Service Members Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 06/15/2017
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2017 [S.1371]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Inflation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) increase the credit and reduce the phaseout percentage for taxpayers with no qualifying children, (2) reduce from 25 to 21 the qualifying age for individuals with no children, (3) revise eligibility rules relating to married individuals living apart and qualifying children claimed by another family member, and (4) repeal the denial of such credit for taxpayers with excess investment income. This bill modifies
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S.1371: Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/15/2017
Save Oak Flat Act [S.1375]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Environmental ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Save Oak Flat Act This bill repeals the provisions under the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 providing for a land exchange between the Department of Agriculture and Resolution Copper Mining, LLC. Under the provisions of that Act, 2,422 acres of Forest Service land located in Pinal County, Arizona, are to be exchanged for various parcels of land owned by Resolution Copper.
S.1375: Save Oak Flat Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/15/2017
SR-193: A resolution commending the bravery of the United States Capitol Police, the Police Department of Alexandria, Virginia, and all first responders who protected Members of Congress, their staff, and others during the shooting on June 14, 2017, at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment By Unanimous Consent. on 06/15/2017
You have voted SR-193: A resolution commending the bravery of the United States Capitol Police, the Police Department of Alexandria, Virginia, and all first responders who protected Members of Congress, their staff, and others during the shooting on June 14, 2017, at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia..
Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2017 [S.1400]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to double the maximum prison term (from 5 years to 10 years) for persons convicted of selling, purchasing, using for profit, or transporting for sale or profit the human remains of Native Americans or cultural items obtained in violation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The bill prohibits the export of Native American cultural items that were obtained in violation of the Act, Native American archaeological resources that were
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S.1400: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On Indian Affairs. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 05/16/2018
Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017 [S.1419]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to allow a representative official of an Indian tribe, with authorization from the governing body of the tribe, to request one or more polling places to be located on tribal lands. The state or political subdivision shall provide each requested polling place at no expense to the Indian tribe if certain criteria are met. A federal court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce constitutional voting guarantees, but also certain violations of the Act as well as of any
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S.1419: Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/22/2017