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A resolution honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Cesar Estrada Chavez. [SR-104]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Arts and Culture ]
A resolution honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Cesar Estrada Chavez. Recognizes the accomplishments and example of Cesar Estrada Chavez, pledges to promote his legacy, and encourages the people of the United States to commemorate his legacy and to always remember his rallying cry, "Si, se puede!" ("Si, se puede!" is Spanish for "Yes, we can!")
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A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. [S.820]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. This bill amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
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Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2017 [S.815]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2017
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Paycheck Fairness Act [S.819]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Paycheck Fairness Act
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A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes. [S.828]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require certain municipal obligations to be treated as level 2B liquid assets if they are investment grade, liquid, and readily marketable. Under current law, corporate debt securities and publicly traded common-equity shares, but not municipal obligations, may be treated as level 2B liquid assets (which
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A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. [S.834]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
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Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 [S.872]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.
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FRAC Act Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act [S.865]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
FRAC Act Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act This bill repeals the exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations relating to oil and natural gas production activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow the Environmental
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Disability Integration Act of 2017 [S.910]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Disability Integration Act of 2017 This bill prohibits states or local governments that provide institutional placements for individuals with disabilities who need long-term assistance with daily living activities or health-related tasks, and prohibits insurance providers that fund such long-term services, from denying community-based services that would enable such individuals to live in the community and lead an independent life. States, local governments, or insurance providers may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of
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Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2017 [S.967]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2017