Sen. Joe Manchin
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Bills Introduced 209
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Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017 [S.976]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017 This bill authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002) to require all sellers not qualifying for a small-seller exception (applicable to sellers with annual gross receipts in total U.S. remote sales not exceeding $1 million) to collect and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales under provisions of the agreement, but only if such agreement includes minimum
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/18/2017
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CLEAR Relief Act of 2017 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 [S.1002]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
CLEAR Relief Act of 2017 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from specified reporting and attestation requirements a community bank with assets of $1 billion or less. The bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to exempt from certain escrow requirements and residential mortgage loan standards a residential mortgage loan held by a depository institution with assets of $10 billion or less. The bill further amends that Act, as well as the Consumer Protection Act of 2010,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/15/2017
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A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. [S.1027]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 through FY2017, including provisions concerning secure payments to eligible states, territories, and counties containing federal land. The bill: (1) sets forth special rules for state and county payments for FY2016, and (2) requires all FY2016 payments to be made within 45 days of enactment of this bill. No funds made available to eligible counties under such Act may be used
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/03/2017
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Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2017 [S.1020]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Investments ]
Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) set forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services, (2) treat as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to an investment services partnership interest except to the extent such gain is attributable to a partner's qualified capital interest, (3) exempt income from investment services partnership interests from treatment as qualifying income of a publicly traded
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/03/2017
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Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017 [S.1044]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017 This bill modifies requirements regarding access to preferred pharmacies (i.e., pharmacies that provide reduced enrollee cost sharing for prescription drugs) under a Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP). Specifically, if a Medicare PDP has, in its pharmacy network, one or more preferred pharmacies located in a health shortage or medically underserved area, then the PDP sponsor must allow any pharmacy in the health shortage or medically underserved area to join the preferred pharmacy network
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/04/2017
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FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act [S.1078]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act This bill amends the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 to expand the scope of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee to make recommendations regarding supplemental applications for opioids. Currently, the committee only makes recommendations on new drug applications. Only the Commissioner of Food and Drugs may approve a new drug application or supplement to an application for an opioid against the recommendation of the committee. If the Commissioner approves a drug against
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/09/2017
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Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act [S.1079]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/09/2017
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Changing the Culture of the FDA Act [S.1077]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Changing the Culture of the FDA Act This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to amend its mission statement to take responsibility for protecting the public health by considering the danger of addiction and overdose death when approving and regulating prescription opioid medications. (Opioid medications are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/09/2017
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Appalachian Ethane Storage Hub Study Act [S.1075]
[Energy ]
[Economic Development ]
Appalachian Ethane Storage Hub Study Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/09/2017
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Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2017 [S.1072]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Poverty ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2017 This bill provides that the services for which a recipient of a grant under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service program for homeless veterans may receive per diem payments may include furnishing care for a dependent under the care of a veteran who is receiving services. The VA shall enter into partnerships with public or private entities to fund a portion of the legal services such entities provide to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness related to housing, family
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/09/2017