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TRADEMARK LAW REVISION ACT OF 1987 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIAEY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS. Get the latest news and analysis in the stock market today, including national and world stock market news, business news, financial news and more. Please note that once you make your selection, it will apply to all future visits to NASDAQ.com. The Committee also acted to preserve SeniorCare and removed the Governor’s proposed changes to this program from the budget bill. Senate Bill 37 has two main provisions. First, it will allow minors to be present at paint and sip studios without their parent.
And the election results in November will dictate much of the lame- duck agenda and strategy. Here are some of the key items on their .
One bill, the FY1. Military Construction- Veterans Affairs appropriations bill was conferenced and passed the House, but failed to get cloture in the Senate stalling the process. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc. Connell (R- KY) and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R- WI) made passing individual spending bills a top priority this year, the looming September 3. Congress to pass a continuing resolution (CR) until they can agree on an omnibus spending bill. Emergency funding for the Zika virus could be included in a CR.
Fights over funding levels for certain agencies and the use of Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding will push any omnibus agreement until after the election. While conservatives members of the House (Freedom Caucus) have been pushing for a year- long CR for FY1. CR through March/April 2. Most likely scenario is a CR through early December (December 9?) leaving time for Congress to cut a deal before the end of the 1. Congress. On March 1. President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the vacancy.
Senate Clears Bill Renewing 6 Billion Fda User Fee Programs
The Senate has not held confirmation hearings on Garland. Whether or not the results of the November election will change the Senate. The Senate passed their bill (S 2. June 1. 4 by a vote of 8. The House agreed to conference by voice vote on July 8 and the Senate followed on July 1. The NDAA is considered must- pass legislation and has been enacted the past 5.
- Senate lawmakers easily approved legislation that will allow the Food & Drug Administration to collect $6 billion in user fees from medical companies to help pay for reviews of new drugs and devices.
- Senate Clears Bill Renewing $6 Billion FDA User-Fee Program Senate Clears Bill Renewing FDA User-Fee Program Senate lawmakers easily approved legislation that will allow the Food & Drug Administration to collect $6 billion in user fees from medical.
- Having passed both the House and Senate, the bill now will go to the Governor for his signature before becoming law. With recent reports in the news media concerning alarming stories about sexual assault and harassment on college campuses.
- Also included in Act 7A was a $1.6 billion ($1,589,136,000) Motor License Fund budget, financed largely by fuel taxes and various road user fees. The total is about $17 million more than the previous year. The budget included $627.2 million for highway.
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The current authorization expires on September 3. Conferees need to work out differences over funding (House shifts $1. B in OCO funds to the base budget), military health programs, LGBT provisions, requiring women to register for the draft, and restructuring acquisition management within the Department of Defense, among other things. While HASC and SASC staff have spent the summer recess hashing out the differences in the bill, a final conference package is not expected until after the election as conferees are unlikely to be able to work out funding level differences for the NDAA without a deal for the top- line budget.
Their net income after taxes grew to $56.6 billion in 2015 from $55.9 billion in 2014, according to ISO, a Verisk.?The Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014.? The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 72 to 22. This bill is the identical bill New America announces its 2017 class of fellows, who will join the New America Fellows program for one year. Founded in 1999, New America is a think tank and civic enterprise committed to renewing American politics, prosperity, and.
The House passed a modified S 2. May 2. 5 by a vote of 2.
The House had previously passed HR 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2. December by a vote of 2. Both the House and Senate have agreed to go to conference, but Senate Democrats held out until they received assurances that the provisions the President threatened to veto would be left out of the bill. Conferees are working out key points of contention including funding levels, length of the authorization, and issues such as language allowing FERC to impose deadlines on energy project- related environmental reviews. Several major provisions may require negotiations that could not be resolved after the election. Veterans Authorization.
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has reported out S 2. Veterans First Act (voice vote May 1.
House has passed similar provisions as stand- alone measures (HR 6. HR 1. 33. 8, HR 2. HR 2. 91. 5, HR 3. HR 4. 06. 3). Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson (R- GA) and Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D- CT) have sought a floor vote for their bill. While the Senate bill has widespread support, Sen. Marco Rubio (R- FL) and House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R- FL) told Isakson that the Senate bill does not do enough to discipline VA employees. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Reauthorization.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has operated without formal authorization since September 2. The House passed HR 2. Commodity End- User Relief Act in June 2.
The Senate Agriculture Committee marked up and reported out of committee a similar bill, S 2. May of this year. But efforts to provide the CFTC with a new authorization appear to have stalled in the 1.
Congress. Trade Agreements. At the top of the trade agenda is the Trans.
Pacific Partnership (TPP), which requires a vote in Congress to ratify. Both presidential candidates oppose TPP and House Speaker Ryan has said that there isn. However, President Obama plans to mount a final push toward approval of TPP when Congress reconvenes in September and a vote could take place after the election. As for the Trans. Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T- TIP) agreement, the 1.
July 2. 01. 6 in Brussels and negotiators are hoping to conclude their work by the end of 2. NIH Reauthorization.
The House passed HR 6, the 2. Century Cures Act by a vote of 3.
July 2. 01. 5. The Senate HELP Committee took a more piecemeal approach and approved 1. House and Senate negotiators could announce a bipartisan agreement on renewing the authorization of the National Institutes of Health soon after Congress returns in September. But it could be put off until next year when the FDA user fee authorization expires. Criminal Sentencing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported out S 2. Sentencing Reforms and Corrections Act at the end of last year, which would reduce or eliminate mandatory minimum prison terms for street- level drug offenses. At the beginning of 2. Senate Judiciary Committee. However, some key Senators oppose provisions that would reduce mandatory minimum sentences, so pre- election consideration of the bill is unlikely.
The program allows investors to pool resources and gain visas with less money on the line than otherwise would be required. The authorization for the program is set to expire at the end of this fiscal year, and there is disagreement in the Senate over whether it should be reauthorized. Critics include Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R- IA) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D- VT) who believe that the program is marred by fraud and abuse. They want to overhaul the program rather than reauthorize it. Charles Schumer (D- NY) and Majority Whip John Cornyn (R- TX) support the program and don.
Grassley and Leahy introduced S 1. American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act of 2. Department of Homeland Security more authority to investigate domestic and international fraud claims. Schumer and Cornyn back S 2. EB- 5 Integrity Act, which was introduced by Sen.
Jeff Flake (R- AZ) on Dec 1. Zika Funding. In February, President Obama requested $1. Zika virus. House Republicans balked at the amount and sought offsets from other programs. House and Senate Republicans worked out an agreement to provide $1. Zika virus, which was included in the conference report for the FY1.
Military Construction Veterans Affairs spending bill (HR 2. The House adopted the conference report on June 2. Democrats in the Senate blocked a cloture vote on the conference report by a vote of 5. July 1. 4. Democrats prefer the agreement that provided $1.
B without offsets or use restrictions. In the meantime, HHS has said that transferred funds that they have been using to fight the Zika virus now will run out at the end of September. Postal Service Solvency. The U. S. Postal Service lost $5 billion last year, and after it was forced to reduce the price of a first- class stamp to 4.
The losses are being driven by a requirement to pre- fund future retiree health benefits, and by USPS. Jason Chaffetz (R- UT) and Elijah Cummings (D- MD) cosponsored HR 5. Postal Service Reform Act, which was introduced in the House on July 1. And on the Senate side, Sen. Tom Carper (D- DE) introduced S 2.
Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2. Lawmakers are pushing to aid the postal service before Christmas. School Nutrition Programs. The House Education and Workforce Committee approved HR 5. Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2. May 1. 8, while the Senate very nearly passed a child nutrition reauthorization bill by unanimous consent just before the recess.
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee approved S 3. Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2. January 2. 0 by voice vote. The bills reauthorize nutrition programs with temporary authorizations while changing related programs. The last reauthorization expired at the end of fiscal year 2. FY1. 6 omnibus spending bill.
There are substantial differences between the House and Senate bills, with the Senate bill having broader support. House Education Chairman John Kline (R- MN) is retiring at the end of this Congress and is expected to push for finishing this bill before he leaves. But it has been routinely extended in previous fiscal years. The House passed HR 5. Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act, on June 2. Senate timing is unclear at this point.
The goals of the program are providing assistance to families so that childcare can be provided in their own homes; reducing families. The base block grant amount hasn. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported HR 5. Water Resources Development Act of 2. May 2. 5 by voice vote. The Senate Environment and Public Works committee reported out their bill, S 2. Water Resources Development Act of 2.
April 2. 8 by a vote of 1. The current authorization expires at the end of this fiscal year. The Senate bill includes a provision to address the Flint, MI water crisis. State Department Reauthorization The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported out of committee S 2.
State Department Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2. And S 1. 63. 5, the Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act for Fiscal Year 2. Senate by unanimous consent on April 2.
The State Department has not had a reauthorization since 2. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R- TN) still plans to pursue passage of the 2. He and Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D- MD) could introduce it on the Senate floor or attempt to add it to the possible CR. The Senate bill, S 3. Senate Intelligence Committee but has not yet reached the Senate floor for consideration.