Sen. Christopher Coons

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US Congress 114th Congress

Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act of 2015 [S.2113]
Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act of 2015 This bill authorizes each federal agency, or multiple federal agencies working cooperatively, to use crowdsourcing and citizen science approaches to conduct activities designed to advance the agency's mission or the joint mission of the group of agencies. "Citizen science" means a form of open collaboration in which individuals or organizations participate in the scientific process in various ways, including developing technologies and applications and making discoveries. "Crowdsourcing" means a method (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 09/30/2015

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Iran Policy Oversight Act of 2015 [S.2119]
Iran Policy Oversight Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress every two years a joint 10-year strategy to counter Iranian activities in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. The President is authorized to: take appropriate measures to enhance Israel's qualitative military edge, deter Iranian conventional and nuclear threats, and counter non-peaceful Iranian nuclear activities; provide any additional foreign (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 10/01/2015

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Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 [S.2123]
Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 TITLE I--SENTENCING REFORM (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to reduce from life to 25 years and from 20 to 15 years the enhanced mandatory minimum prison terms imposed on certain nonviolent defendants convicted of high-level repeat drug offenses (including unlawful import, export, manufacture, or distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance). A high-level drug offense involves a very substantial (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Grassley With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 10/26/2015

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Small Business Lending and Economic Inequality Reduction Act of 2015 [S.2125]
Small Business Lending and Economic Inequality Reduction Act of 2015 This bill amends the Small Business Act to establish a Community Advantage Program, under which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may guarantee loans up to $350,000 made by specified kinds of institutions, including: development companies eligible for the state and local development company program, nonprofit intermediaries, non-federally regulated entities certified as community development financial institutions, and any other SBA-approved nonprofit organizations. At least (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S7104-7105) on 10/01/2015

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Improving Small Business Innovative Research and Technologies Act of 2015 [S.2136]
Improving Small Business Innovative Research and Technologies Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to extend through FY2017 the requirement that the Small Business Administration (SBA) allow each federal agency required to conduct a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to use up to 3% of allocated SBIR funds for the administration of its SBIR or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program as well as other specified administrative, oversight, and contract processing costs. The SBA shall establish the Regional (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi By Senator Vitter From Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship Filed Written Report Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-414. on 12/20/2016

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Middle East Refugee Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2016 [S.2145]
Middle East Refugee Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2016 This bill provides $1 billion in FY2016 supplemental appropriations to the Department of State's Migration and Refugee Assistance account for expenses to respond to the refugee crisis resulting from conflict in the Middle East, including costs associated with the resettlement of refugees in the United States. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. Prior to using funds provided (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. on 10/06/2015

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Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2015 [S.2148]
Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prevent 2016 increases to Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles for enrollees, and (2) authorize federal funding to offset the corresponding reduction in aggregate monthly premiums. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually determine the monthly actuarial rate upon which Part B premiums and deductibles are based. The bill temporarily freezes that rate at the 2015 level for enrollees, effectively (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/07/2015

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Electrify Africa Act of 2015 [S.2152]
Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill states that it is U.S. policy to partner with the governments of sub-Saharan African countries, international financial institutions, and African regional economic communities, cooperatives, and private sectors to: promote first-time access to power services for at least 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020; encourage the installation of at least 20,000 additional megawatts of electrical power in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020; promote reliable and affordable power in urban, rural, and under (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Became Public Law No: 114-121. (txt | Pdf) on 02/08/2016

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Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 [S.217]
Women's Health Protection Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any government from imposing on abortion services: a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or medical procedures; a requirement that the same clinician who performs a patient's abortion also perform additional tests, services or procedures; a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to prescribe or dispense drugs or provide services via telemedicine; a requirement or limitation concerning the physical plant, equipment, staffing, or hospital transfer arrangements (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/21/2015

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Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act [S.2180]
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act This bill amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to specify that an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in investigations, proceedings, or litigation under such Act was a motivating factor for any unlawful employment practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as "mixed motive" claims). The bill: (1) permits a complaining party to rely on any type (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/08/2015

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