Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2015 [S.239]
Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2015 Prescribes a special rule to require the Secretary of Transportation for FY2015-FY2017 to apportion amounts for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs to sponsors of primary airports based on the number of passenger boardings at the airport during calendar year 2012 if it had: (1) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings during the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment for FY2015-FY2017, and (2) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during calendar year 2012.
S.239: Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 01/22/2015
ACE Act Allocating for Children's Education Act [S.243]
ACE Act Allocating for Children's Education Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to Coverdale education savings accounts, to: (1) increase from $2,000 to $5,000 the maximum allowable contribution to such accounts in a taxable year, and (2) allow distributions from such accounts for the purchase of athletic equipment at elementary and secondary schools.
S.243: ACE Act Allocating for Children's Education Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Deb Fischer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/22/2015
Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act [S.2434]
Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that any executive order, memoranda, proclamation, or signing statement issued by the President that infringes on the powers and duties of Congress under article I, section 8 of the Constitution or the Second Amendment, or that would require the expenditure of federal funds not specifically appropriated for such executive action, is advisory only and has no force or effect unless enacted as law. The bill nullifies any such executive action
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S.2434: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Deb Fischer
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 343. on 01/11/2016
A bill to improve the effectiveness and coordination of nutrition education. [S.2445]
A bill to improve the effectiveness and coordination of nutrition education. This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study and report to Congress on state administrative expense funds, including: the use of the funds by state agencies; policies, practices, and training methods being implemented using the funds; factors that interfere with the ability of a state agency to use the funds effectively; and ways the funds are being used to encourage the implementation of effective and consistent school nutrition workforce training and
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S.2445: A bill to improve the effectiveness and coordination of nutrition education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 01/19/2016
Legislative Performance Review Act of 2016 [S.2454]
Legislative Performance Review Act of 2016 This bill limits the duration of authorizations of appropriations, requires programs with expired authorizations to be terminated, and establishes reporting requirements. The bill prohibits Congress from considering legislation that: (1) authorizes appropriations for more than four years, or (2) authorizes the enactment of an unlimited amount of appropriations for any purpose. If Congress determines that an authorization for more than four years is necessary to accomplish the purposes of an authorization,
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S.2454: Legislative Performance Review Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/20/2016
Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act [S.246]
Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice. The commission must conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children, including an evaluation of: the impact of concurrent jurisdiction on child welfare systems; barriers Indian tribes and Native Hawaiians face in using public and private grant resources; obstacles
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S.246: Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Became Public Law No: 114-244. (txt | Pdf) on 10/14/2016
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 [S.248]
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding such enterprises or institutions from coverage by such Act).
S.248: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-140. on 09/10/2015
Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act [S.2502]
Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to define "investment advice," as it relates to fiduciary duties under such Act, as a recommendation that relates to: (1) the advisability of acquiring, holding, disposing, or exchanging any moneys or other property of a pension plan (or Individual Retirement Account) by the plan, plan participants, or plan beneficiaries, including any recommendation regarding whether to take a distribution of benefits from the plan or any recommendation
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SAVERS Act of 2016 Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2016 [S.2505]
SAVERS Act of 2016 Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the tax on prohibited transactions: (1) the provision of investment advice by a fiduciary to a pension plan, plan participant, or beneficiary which is a best interest recommendation; and (2) any transaction, including a contract for service, between an investment provider and the advice recipient if no more than reasonable compensation is paid for such investment advice and certain disclosures
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S.2505: SAVERS Act of 2016 Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/04/2016
Kari's Law Act of 2016 [S.2553]
Kari's Law Act of 2016 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that allows users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 (without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit "9") from any station equipped with dialing facilities. Businesses installing such systems must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed when a person at the facility
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S.2553: Kari's Law Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 02/11/2016