Sen. Robert Casey

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District SD-PA
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 478

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

TRASH Act Trash Reduction and Sensible Handling Act of 2017 [S.746]
TRASH Act Trash Reduction and Sensible Handling Act of 2017 This bill amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize state solid waste management plans to restrict the importation of out-of-state waste at the state and local level by requiring out-of-state waste to be from states with waste handling and reduction standards that are equivalent or higher than the standards of the state receiving the waste. Those plans may impose a community benefit fee on out-of-state waste, which may be higher than the fees for in-state waste. States may provide (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/28/2017

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Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017 [S.769]
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers. Specifically, with respect to a state that has established such requirements for those services, the bill aligns Medicare's requirements with state requirements. An "advanced level radiographer" is a radiographer who has obtained specified certification from either the American Registry of Radiologic (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/29/2017

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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 [S.784]
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2017, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Each such increase shall be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/17/2017

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ABLE Age Adjustment Act [S.817]
ABLE Age Adjustment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified ABLE programs, to increase the age threshold for eligibility for such programs from 26 to 46. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses.)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/04/2017

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991. [SCR-12]
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991. Recognizes that the intent of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 included the presumption that veterans who served in the Armed Forces in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam between January (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2219-2220) on 04/04/2017

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A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. [S.820]
A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. This bill amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/04/2017

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Paycheck Fairness Act [S.819]
Paycheck Fairness Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/04/2017

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ABLE to Work Act of 2017 [S.818]
ABLE to Work Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to ABLE accounts (tax-exempt savings accounts for persons with a disability), to allow: (1) an ABLE account beneficiary to make additional contributions to an ABLE account equal to the lesser of such beneficiary's compensation or an amount equal to the federal poverty line for a one-person household, and (2) a retirement savings tax credit for contributions to an ABLE account.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/04/2017

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ABLE Financial Planning Act [S.816]
ABLE Financial Planning Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free rollovers of amounts in qualified tuition programs (529 plans) to qualified ABLE programs. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses.)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/04/2017

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SAFE Bridges Act of 2017 Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2017 [S.846]
SAFE Bridges Act of 2017 Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to assist states to rehabilitate or replace bridges found to be structurally deficient. States shall use apportioned program funds for projects to rehabilitate and replace such bridges. The federal share of project costs is 100%. Prevailing rate of wage requirements for construction of federal-aid highways projects shall apply to such projects.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/05/2017

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