Retired Pay Restoration Act [S.66]
Retired Pay Restoration Act This bill allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, such a disability must be rated as not less than 50% disabling). The bill makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.
S.66: Retired Pay Restoration Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 01/09/2017
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 [S.58]
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, beginning with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans).
S.58: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/09/2017
Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 [S.91]
Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to rename the Act to the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 and to revise the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs for Indian tribes. (Sec. 6) The bill revises the types of programs that may be integrated. (Sec. 8) The bill revises the process for: (1) federal agencies to grant or deny
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S.91: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester
Star Print Ordered On Report 115-26. on 04/25/2017
King Cove Road Land Exchange Act [S.101]
King Cove Road Land Exchange Act This bill declares that, if the state of Alaska offers to convey to the Department of the Interior 43,093 acres of state-owned land, Interior shall convey to Alaska, in exchange, 206 acres of federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 131 acres of federal land within the Izembek Wilderness, for purposes of: (1) designating a road corridor through the refuge, and (2) constructing a single-lane gravel road along the road corridor. The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall
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S.101: King Cove Road Land Exchange Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/11/2017
Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017 [S.97]
Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise the objectives of the civilian nuclear energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) to emphasize : (1) providing research infrastructure to promote scientific progress and enable users from academia, the National Laboratories, and the private sector to make scientific discoveries relevant for nuclear, chemical, and materials science engineering; and (2) enabling
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S.97: Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Became Public Law No: 115-248. on 09/28/2018
Digital Coast Act [S.110]
Digital Coast Act (Sec. 4) This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a constituent-driven Digital Coast program. (This program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.) The program must: (1) provide an online resource that integrates geospatial data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices to address coastal management issues and needs, and to enhance resilient communities, ecosystem values, and coastal economic
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S.110: Digital Coast Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 05/26/2017
National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017 [S.129]
National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to award Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Currently, NOAA has discretion in awarding such fellowships. Those fellowships support the placement of graduate students in fields related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources in positions within the executive and legislative branches. (Sec. 4) NOAA must establish priorities for the use of donations given for the National Sea Grant Program.
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S.129: National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 09/19/2017
Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017 [S.125]
Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make foreign facilities that are located offshore and outside the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) liable for removal costs and damages that result from oil spills that reach (or threaten to reach) U.S. navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the EEZ. Specifically, the following parties may be held liable: (1) the owners or operators of the foreign facilities, including facilities located in, on, or under any land within foreign countries; and (2) the holders
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S.125: Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 01/12/2017
Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act of 2017 [S.131]
Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill states that its purpose is to facilitate and expedite the exchange of land between the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (Trust Authority) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Sec. 4) The bill directs USDA to convey to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority 7 parcels of federal land if the Trust Authority offers to convey, in two specified phases, 20 parcels of certain nonfederal land. The conveyances of the federal and nonfederal lands shall be subject to valid existing
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S.131: Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan
By Senator Murkowski From Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-117. on 06/22/2017
BRIDGE Act Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy Act [S.128]
BRIDGE Act Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): (1) shall grant a three-year provisional protected presence to a qualifying alien, (2) may not remove the alien from the United States unless such protected presence is rescinded, and (3) shall provide such alien with employment authorization. An alien is eligible for such protected presence and employment authorization if the alien: (1) was born after June 15, 1981;
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S.128: BRIDGE Act Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/12/2017