State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017 [S.324]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with each state home to pay for medical supervision model adult day health care for a veteran for whom the home is not receiving VA nursing home care payments. Such payment shall constitute payment in full for such care. The veteran must need such care either specifically for a service-connected disability, or, if not specifically for one, the veteran must have a service-connected disability
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S.324: State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Became Public Law No: 115-159. (txt | Pdf) on 03/27/2018
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act [S.334]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Mining ]
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act This bill gives states the sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing on or under any land within their boundaries. 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. Hydraulic fracturing on federal land
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S.334: Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 02/07/2017
Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2017 [S.340]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency or a state from requiring a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) for a discharge of a pesticide from a point source into navigable waters if the discharge is approved under FIFRA. Point source pollution is waste discharged from a distinct place, such as a
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S.340: Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/07/2017
RESPECT Act Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act [S.343]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Education ]
RESPECT Act Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act (Sec. 2) This bill repeals outdated provisions regarding treatment of Native Americans, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Hoeven Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-85. on 05/24/2017
TAILOR Act of 2017 Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017 [S.366]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
TAILOR Act of 2017 Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017 This bill requires federal financial regulatory agencies to: (1) in general, tailor a regulatory action so as to limit the regulatory impact and other burdens on the institutions involved, with consideration of the risk profiles and business models of those institutions; and (2) report to Congress on specific actions taken to do so, as well as on other related issues. The bill's requirements apply not only to future regulatory actions but also to regulations adopted
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S.366: TAILOR Act of 2017 Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 07/13/2017
S.365: A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/13/2017
You have voted S.365: A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to remove the funding cap relating to the transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes..
Repeal CFPB Act [S.370]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Repeal CFPB Act This bill repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
S.370: Repeal CFPB Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/14/2017
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act [S.394]
[Defense ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell a firearm to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty.) The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of
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S.394: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 02/15/2017
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 [S.422]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 This bill includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.
S.422: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/16/2017