Here is a list of Bills and resolutions as of 03/02/2017. if you see a introduced bill or resolution you want to discuss be sure to include the resolution/bill number in your post.
You can find Senate comments on these resolutions here
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2017/03/02/senate-section/article/S1579-1
Bills and resolutions for March 2nd 2017. ( Just click the resolution number and it will take you to the congressional.gov website where you can receive updates on the progress of bills that interest you.)
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [
www.gpo.gov]
++ bolded are bills and Resolutions I find interest in.
Keep in mind these are bills in various stages. legislation pending Presidential approval will be updated on the OP as they occur
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr.
Burr):
S. 489. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
with respect to participant votes on the suspension of
benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining
status; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Risch):
S. 490. A bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam; to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Risch, and
Mr. Crapo):
S. 491. A bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project
involving Clark Canyon Dam; to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Casey):
S. 492. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component
of the Armed Forces to make elective deferrals on the basis
of their service to the Ready Reserve and on the basis of
their other employment; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 493. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the
Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or
misconduct, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. GRASSLEY:
S. 494. A bill to improve transparency regarding the
activities of the American Red Cross; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. SANDERS:
S. 495. A bill to provide incentives for investment in
research and development for new medicines, to enhance access
to new medicines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Young,
and Mrs. Capito):
S. 496. A bill to repeal the rule issued by the Federal
Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration
entitled ``Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination
and Planning Area Reform''; to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Brown,
Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Coons, Mr. Franken, Mr. Tillis,
Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Blunt, and Ms.
Klobuchar):
S. 497. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
Act to provide for Medicare coverage of certain lymphedema
compression treatment items as items of durable medical
equipment; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
S. 498. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to
require the Secretary of Defense to use only human-based
methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the
treatment of severe combat injuries, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. THUNE:
S. 499. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to
address needs in the agriculture sector by establishing a
voluntary, short-term conserving use program for
participating farmers, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
S. 500. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002
to make the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for
Health Affairs responsible for coordinating the efforts of
the Department of Homeland Security related to food,
agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Daines):
S. 501. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to
designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon
County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 502. A bill to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National
Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Booker,
Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Peters):
S. 503. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to
make publicly available certain regulatory records relating
to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse
Protection Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide for the use of an alternative depreciation system for
taxpayers violating rules under the Animal Welfare Act and
the Horse Protection Act, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Finance.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Daines):
S. 504. A bill to permanently authorize the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Program; to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Bennet, and Mr.
Young):
S. 505. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide for an energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel in
the case of liquefied natural gas for purposes of the Inland
Waterways Trust Fund financing rate; to the Committee on
Finance.
By Mr. THUNE:
S. 506. A bill to require that the Federal Government
procure from the private sector the goods and services
necessary for the operations and management of certain
Government agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. TESTER:
S. 507. A bill to sustain economic development and
recreational use of National Forest System land in the State
of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness
Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
S. 508. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain
Federal land in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Murkowski,
and Mr. Risch):
S. 509. A bill to improve the control and management of
invasive species that threaten and harm Federal land under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Brown, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Coons, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schatz, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Van
Hollen, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Bennet, Mr.
Tester, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Shaheen,
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Booker, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Peters, Mr. Udall, Ms. Harris, Mr. Heinrich, Ms.
Cantwell, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. King,
Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Leahy, and Mr.
Warner):
S. 510. A bill to protect a woman's right and ability to
determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy
by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion
services; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MANCHIN:
S. 511. A bill to provide for the sealing of records
relating to Federal nonviolent criminal offenses related to
substance use disorders, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Inhofe, Mr. Booker, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs.
Capito, and Mr. Manchin):
S. 512. A bill to modernize the regulation of nuclear
energy; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
S. 513. A bill to designate the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild
Steelhead Special Management Area in the State of Oregon; to
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Peters):
S. 514. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic
EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans; to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mrs.
McCaskill):
S. 515. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to
maintain a publicly available list of all employers that
relocate a call center overseas, to make such companies
ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to
require disclosure of the physical location of business
agents engaging in customer service communications, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.
By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Gardner):
S. 516. A bill to provide grants to assist States in
developing and implementing plans to address cybersecurity
threats or vulnerabilities, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Donnelly, Mr.
Grassley, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. McCaskill, Mrs. Ernst, Ms.
Heitkamp, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Sasse, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Thune, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Durbin):
S. 517. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to
the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations under
such Act; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Boozman,
Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Franken, Ms. Hirono, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Risch, Mr. Schatz, and
Mr. Tester):
S. 518. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to provide for technical assistance for small treatment
works; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
S. 519. A bill to amend the Safe Water Drinking Act to
require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency to establish maximum contaminant levels for
certain contaminants, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. CASSIDY:
S. 520. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security
Act to reform payment to States under the Medicaid program;
to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Murray, and
Mrs. McCaskill):
S. 521. A bill to make the National Parks and Federal
Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans;
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. TESTER:
S. 522. A bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals
appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of
Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal
level; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms.
Heitkamp, Mr. Nelson, Mr. King, Mr. Murphy, Ms.
Baldwin, Ms. Warren, Ms. Hassan, and Mrs. Shaheen):
S. 523. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to establish a stewardship fee on the production and
importation of opioid pain relievers, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cochran,
Mr. Cotton, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Wicker):
S. 524. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to make permanent certain provisions of the Heartland,
Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2008 relating to
timber; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
S. 525. A bill to require the United States Postal Service
to designate a single, unique ZIP code for particular
communities; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs.
By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Scott, and
Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 526. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide
for expanded participation in the microloan program, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. BLUNT:
S. 527. A bill to improve access to emergency medical
services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Cassidy,
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Heller, Mr. Lee, Mr. McConnell, Mr.
Perdue, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Inhofe):
S.J. Res. 26. A joint resolution providing for
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of
Education relating to teacher preparation issues; to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Isakson,
and Mr. Daines):
S.J. Res. 27. A joint resolution disapproving the rule
submitted by the Department of Labor relating to
``Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make
and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and
Illness''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Barrasso,
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Moran, and Mrs. Fischer):
S.J. Res. 28. A joint resolution providing for
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the rule submitted by the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency relating to accidental
release prevention requirements of risk management programs
under the Clean Air Act; to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works.
By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Kennedy, and
Mr. Barrasso):
S.J. Res. 29. A joint resolution providing for
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the final rule of the Office of Natural
Resources Revenue of the Department of the Interior relating
to consolidated Federal oil and gas and Federal and Indian
coal valuation reform; to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources.
By Mr. PERDUE (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr.
Leahy):
S.J. Res. 30. A joint resolution providing for the
reappointment of Steve Case as a citizen regent of the Board
of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to the Committee
on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. YOUNG:
S.J. Res. 31. A joint resolution to authorize the use of
United States Armed Forces against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, successor organizations, and
associated forces; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
