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Sen. Krysten Sinema

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District SD-AZ

Party Democrat

Bills Introduced 39

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Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-526	Federal	Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a board to coordinate and integrate DHS's intelligence, activities, and policy related to its counterterrorism mission and functions. The board shall: (1) advise the Secretary of DHS on the issuance of terrorism alerts, and (2) meet on a regular basis to discuss intelligence and coordinate ongoing threat mitigation efforts and departmental activities. The board's charter shall direct it to focus on the current threat environment and the importance of aligning departmental counterterrorism activities under the Secretary's guidance. The Secretary shall appoint a Coordinator for Counterterrorism within DHS who shall: (1) serve as the chair of the board, and (2) report on the board's status and activities. Republican: 50% (5) Unaffiliated: 10% (1) Democrat: 40% (4) 50% Republican support 10% Unaffiliated support 40% Democrat support	Emergency Management Advisory Bodies Department Of Homeland Security Executive Agency Funding And Structure Federal Officials Intelligence Activities, Surveillance, Classified Information Terrorism Congressional Oversight
HB-582	Federal	Kari's Law Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit businesses from manufacturing or importing for use in the United States, or selling or leasing in the United States, a multi-line telephone system unless it is pre-configured to allow 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 are prohibited from installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems without such a direct 9-1-1 call configuration. Businesses installing, managing, or operating such systems for use in the United States must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed, or to another person or organization regardless of location, if the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware or software. Republican: 73% (22) Democrat: 26% (8) 73% Republican support 26% Democrat support	Science, Technology, Communications Emergency Communications Systems Telephone And Wireless Communication
HB-598	Federal	AIM Act of 2017 Airplane Impacts Mitigation Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enter into an agreement with an eligible institution of higher education to conduct a study of the health impacts of airplane flights on residents exposed to a range of noise and air pollution levels from such flights. The study shall: focus on residents in Boston, Chicago, New York, the northern California metroplex, Phoenix, and not more than three additional metropolitan areas that each contain at least one international airport; consider the health impacts on residents living partly or wholly within the land area underneath the flight paths most frequently used by aircraft flying below 10,000 feet; and consider only those health impacts that manifest during the physical implementation of the NextGen RNAV program on flights departing from or arriving at an international airport located in one of such metropolitan areas. An institution of higher education is eligible to conduct the study if it: has a school of public health that has participated in the FAA Center of Excellence for Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation, has a Center for Environmental Health that receives funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, is located in one of the areas within the scope of the study, applies to the FAA in a timely fashion, demonstrates that it is qualified to conduct such a study, and agrees to submit its findings to the FAA within two years after entering into such an agreement. Democrat: 100% (25) 100% Democrat support	Transportation And Public Works Air Quality Arizona Aviation And Airports California Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health Education Programs Funding Environmental Health Government Studies And Investigations Health Programs Administration And Funding
HB-620	Federal	ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Disability Rights Section of the Department of Justice to develop a program to educate state and local governments and property owners on strategies for promoting access to public accommodations for persons with a disability. The program may include training for professionals to provide a guidance of remediation for potential violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. (Sec. 3) The bill prohibits civil actions based on the failure to remove an architectural barrier to access into an existing public accommodation unless: (1) the aggrieved person has provided to the owners or operators a written notice specific enough to identify the barrier, and (2) the owners or operators fail to provide the person with a written description outlining improvements that will be made to improve the barrier or they fail to remove the barrier or make substantial progress after providing such a description. The aggrieved person's notice must specify the circumstances under which public accommodation access was denied. (Sec. 5) The Judicial Conference of the United States must develop a model program to promote alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve such claims. The model program should include an expedited method for determining relevant facts related to such barriers and steps to resolve accessibility issues before litigation. Republican: 88% (98) Democrat: 11% (13) 88% Republican support 11% Democrat support	Civil Rights And Liberties, Minority Issues Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration Building Construction Civil Actions And Liability Disability And Health-based Discrimination State And Local Government Operations
HB-671	Federal	Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights Act HER Act This bill states that foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be ineligible for U.S. international development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by such organizations with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States. Such organizations also shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance under such Act. Democrat: 100% (160) 100% Democrat support	International Affairs Foreign Aid And International Relief Health Promotion And Preventive Care International Organizations And Cooperation Public Participation And Lobbying World Health
HB-624	Federal	Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill: (1) prohibits federal agencies (including legislative and judicial branch agencies, with specified exceptions) from including any individual's Social Security account number on any document sent by mail unless the agency head determines that such inclusion is necessary; and (2) requires agencies that have Chief Financial Officers to issue regulations, within five years of this bill's enactment, that specify the circumstances under which such inclusion is necessary. Republican: 58% (20) Democrat: 41% (14) 58% Republican support 41% Democrat support	Government Operations And Politics Computer Security And Identity Theft Government Information And Archives Postal Service
HCR-13	Federal	Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings. Republican: 71% (163) Democrat: 28% (64) Unaffiliated: 0% (1) 71% Republican support 28% Democrat support 0% Unaffiliated support	Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, Cable, Digital Technologies Music Sound Recording Tax Administration And Collection, Taxpayers Telecommunication Rates And Fees User Charges And Fees
HB-660	Federal	Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by Reclamation for which operations and maintenance are performed by its employees or through a contract with Reclamation) at Reclamation facilities, and to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works. Such report shall include: (1) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all such works; and (2) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation project, including a budget level cost estimate of appropriations needed to complete each item and an assignment of a categorical rating for each item consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform the annual budget process and agency requirements. (Sec. 5) Interior shall: (1) coordinate with the nonfederal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a nonfederal entity under a formal agreement with Reclamation) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports with respect to major repair and rehabilitation needs for such works, and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works. (Sec. 6) The bill reduces the maximum amount of the federal share of the cost of the Central Valley Water Recycling Project otherwise available as of the date of enactment of this bill by $2 million. Republican: 76% (16) Democrat: 23% (5) 76% Republican support 23% Democrat support	Water Resources Development Appropriations Congressional Oversight Dams And Canals Department Of The Interior Government Information And Archives Infrastructure Development Water Resources Funding Water Use And Supply
HB-687	Federal	First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to implement a uniform process for reviewing applications that contain explanations to use grants provided under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards developed under the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006. FEMA must consider: current or past use of proposed equipment or systems by federal agencies or the Armed Forces; the absence of a national voluntary consensus standard for such equipment or systems; the existence of an international consensus standard for such equipment or systems and whether such equipment or systems meets such standard; the nature of the capability gap identified by the applicant and how such equipment or systems will address such gap; and the degree to which such equipment or systems will serve the needs of the applicant better than equipment or systems that meet or exceed existing consensus standards. FEMA shall implement a uniform process for reviewing applications to use such grants to purchase equipment or systems not included on the Authorized Equipment List maintained by FEMA. The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to specified congressional committees a report assessing the implementation of such review process, including information on the number of requests to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable consensus standard, the capability gaps identified by applicants, the number of such requests granted and denied, and the processing time for the review of such requests. Democrat: 60% (3) Unaffiliated: 20% (1) Republican: 20% (1) 60% Democrat support 20% Unaffiliated support 20% Republican support	Emergency Management Congressional Oversight Emergency Planning And Evacuation First Responders And Emergency Personnel Government Studies And Investigations Homeland Security
HB-696	Federal	To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Department of Veterans Affairs. This bill declares that the memorandum titled "Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze" published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, executive order, or other action by the President to prevent a department or agent of the federal government from filing vacant federal civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Democrat: 96% (96) Republican: 2% (2) Independent: 1% (1) 96% Democrat support 2% Republican support 1% Independent support	Government Operations And Politics Department Of Veterans Affairs Employee Hiring Executive Agency Funding And Structure Government Employee Pay, Benefits, Personnel Management Presidents And Presidential Powers, Vice Presidents

Title: Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-526

Subjects: Emergency Management, Advisory Bodies, Department Of Homeland Security, Executive Agency Funding And Structure, Federal Officials, Intelligence Activities, Surveillance, Classified Information, Terrorism, Congressional Oversight

Republican: 50% (5) Unaffiliated: 10% (1) Democrat: 40% (4)

Title: Kari's Law Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-582

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications, Emergency Communications Systems, Telephone And Wireless Communication

Republican: 73% (22) Democrat: 26% (8)

Title: AIM Act of 2017 Airplane Impacts Mitigation Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-598

Subjects: Transportation And Public Works, Air Quality, Arizona, Aviation And Airports, California, Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health, Education Programs Funding, Environmental Health, Government Studies And Investigations, Health Programs Administration And Funding

Democrat: 100% (25)

Title: ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-620

Subjects: Civil Rights And Liberties, Minority Issues, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration, Building Construction, Civil Actions And Liability, Disability And Health-based Discrimination, State And Local Government Operations

Republican: 88% (98) Democrat: 11% (13)

Title: Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights Act HER Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-671

Subjects: International Affairs, Foreign Aid And International Relief, Health Promotion And Preventive Care, International Organizations And Cooperation, Public Participation And Lobbying, World Health

Democrat: 100% (160)

Title: Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-624

Subjects: Government Operations And Politics, Computer Security And Identity Theft, Government Information And Archives, Postal Service

Republican: 58% (20) Democrat: 41% (14)

Title: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HCR-13

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications, Broadcasting, Cable, Digital Technologies, Music, Sound Recording, Tax Administration And Collection, Taxpayers, Telecommunication Rates And Fees, User Charges And Fees

Republican: 71% (163) Democrat: 28% (64) Unaffiliated: 0% (1)

Title: Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-660

Subjects: Water Resources Development, Appropriations, Congressional Oversight, Dams And Canals, Department Of The Interior, Government Information And Archives, Infrastructure Development, Water Resources Funding, Water Use And Supply

Republican: 76% (16) Democrat: 23% (5)

Title: First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-687

Subjects: Emergency Management, Congressional Oversight, Emergency Planning And Evacuation, First Responders And Emergency Personnel, Government Studies And Investigations, Homeland Security

Democrat: 60% (3) Unaffiliated: 20% (1) Republican: 20% (1)

Title: To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-696

Subjects: Government Operations And Politics, Department Of Veterans Affairs, Employee Hiring, Executive Agency Funding And Structure, Government Employee Pay, Benefits, Personnel Management, Presidents And Presidential Powers, Vice Presidents

Democrat: 96% (96) Republican: 2% (2) Independent: 1% (1)

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