Sen. Al Franken

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District SD-MN
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 23

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US Congress 114th Congress

Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 [S.1945]
Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 This bill creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to oversee the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Mental health programs are extended and training regarding mental health is expanded. SAMHSA must establish the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory and the Interagency Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institute of Mental Health to translate evidence-based (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 08/05/2015

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Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act Christopher's Law [S.1958]
Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act Christopher's Law This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a private student loan lender to disclose clearly and conspicuously in writing a cosigner's obligations regarding a private student loan. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must publish a model form for such disclosure. The bill prohibits a private student loan lender from taking an adverse action against a borrower (e.g., placing a loan in default or accelerating a loan balance) upon a cosigner's death, disability, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 08/05/2015

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Close the Revolving Door Act of 2015 [S.1959]
Close the Revolving Door Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose a lifetime ban on any former Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, or elected officer of the Senate or House of Representatives lobbying any current Member, officer, or employee of Congress or any employee of any other legislative office. (Currently the ban is for two years after a Senator leaves office and one year after a Member of the House of Representatives leaves office). The ban is extended from one to six years for officers and employees (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 08/05/2015

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Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 [S.1968]
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) legislation is necessary to provide consumers information on products that are free of child labor, forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking; and (2) businesses and consumers, by means of publicly available disclosures, can avoid inadvertently promoting or sanctioning these crimes through production and purchase of raw materials, goods, and finished products that have been tainted in the supply chains. The bill amends (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 08/05/2015

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SMART Act Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act [S.197]
SMART Act Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act Amends subpart 1 (Accountability) of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the program allotting grants to states to develop and administer state academic content and achievement standards and assessments of student progress toward those standards. Requires each state to use such grant to: develop and administer such assessments and further align them with the state's academic content standards, ensure that students with limited English proficiency (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/20/2015

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Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 [S.198]
Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States) to provide that a foreign corporation that acquires the properties of a U.S. corporation or partnership after May 8, 2014, shall be treated as an inverted corporation and thus subject to U.S. taxation if, after such acquisition: (1) it holds more than 50% of the stock of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S286) on 01/20/2015

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Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act [S.1980]
Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Alice Paul to recognize her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 08/05/2015

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Equal Employment for All Act of 2015 [S.1981]
Equal Employment for All Act of 2015 Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a current or prospective employer from using a consumer report or an investigative consumer report, or from causing one to be procured, for either employment purposes or for making an adverse action, if the report contains information that bears upon the consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity. Makes exceptions to such prohibition when: (1) the consumer applies for, or currently holds, employment that requires a national security clearance; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 08/05/2015

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Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act of 2015 [S.1982]
Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act of 2015 Authorizes a Wall of Remembrance, as part of the previously authorized Korean War Veterans Memorial, to include: (1) a list by name of members of the U.S. Armed Forces who died in theater in the Korean War; (2) the number of members who were wounded, listed as missing in action, or prisoners of war; and (3) the number of members of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and the other nations of the United Nations Command who were killed, wounded, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. on 03/17/2016

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Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) Accountability Act of 2015 [S.2009]
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) Accountability Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the U.S. government from selling or transferring to Bahrain specified weapons and crowd control items until the Department of State certifies that Bahrain has fully implemented all 26 recommendations set forth in the 2011 Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry report.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 08/06/2015

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