Sen. Steve Daines
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Bills Introduced 284
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Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2017 [S.117]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill designates as the "Alex Diekmann Peak" the 9,765-foot peak located 2.2 miles west-northwest of Finger Mountain on the western boundary of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Montana.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Became Public Law No: 115-122. on 01/31/2018
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VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 [S.152]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to remove or demote a VA employee based on performance or misconduct. The VA may remove such individual from the civil service or demote the individual through a reduction in grade or annual pay rate. A demoted individual shall not be placed on administrative leave or any other category of paid leave during the appeals period and can receive pay only if he or she reports for duty. The bill: (1) establishes an expedited appeals
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 01/17/2017
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A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and protected for all people of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, and recognizing the 231st anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. [SCR-5]
[Human Rights ]
[Religion ]
A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and protected for all people of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, and recognizing the 231st anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Calls for honoring the 231st anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on Religious Freedom Day, January 16, 2017. Affirms that: religious freedom includes the right of individuals of any
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S344-345) on 01/17/2017
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No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017 [S.184]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017 This bill makes permanent the prohibition on the use of federal funds, including funds in the budget of the District of Columbia, for abortion or health coverage that includes abortion. The prohibitions in this bill, and current prohibitions, do not apply to abortions in cases of rape or incest, or where a physical condition endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed. Abortions may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/20/2017
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Mexico City policy should be permanently established. [SR-15]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[International ]
[Healthcare ]
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Mexico City policy should be permanently established. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President should immediately reapply and consider improving the Mexico City Policy (requires foreign nongovernmental organizations receiving certain types of U.S. assistance to certify that they will not perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning), and (2) Congress should expeditiously consider statutory changes that permanently codify such policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S362) on 01/20/2017
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Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act [S.220]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to require any health care practitioner who is present when a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion to: (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital. The term "born alive" means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/24/2017
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A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [SCR-6]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Taxes ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Telecommunications ]
A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge: (1) relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or (2) on any business for the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station broadcast over the air.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S455-456) on 01/24/2017
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Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 [S.205]
[Taxes ]
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 7 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill also provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/24/2017
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A resolution designating the week of January 22 through January 28, 2017, as "National School Choice Week". [SR-26]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
A resolution designating the week of January 22 through January 28, 2017, as "National School Choice Week". Designates the week of January 22-January 28, 2017, as National School Choice Week. Encourages all parents to learn more about the educational options available.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S456; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S455) on 01/24/2017
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Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 [S.233]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Construction ]
Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility leases in specified amounts for: outpatient clinics in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Daytona Beach, Gainesville, and Ocala, Florida; Hampton Roads, Virginia; Missoula, Montana; Northern Colorado, Colorado; Oxnard and Santa Rosa, California; Pike County, Georgia; Portland, Maine; and Raleigh, North Carolina; an outpatient mental health clinic and an outpatient specialty clinic in Birmingham, Alabama; research space in Boston,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 01/24/2017