Strikes down several provisions of Obama-era rule on disposal and storage of coal ash as insufficiently protective of the environment, setting up court challenge for Trump administration replacement rule

Uses text mining to extract commonly used terms in nanomedicine and their definitions, as a first step towards creating a unified vocabulary for future nanomedicine regulations.

Funds and authorizes various programs related to national security. 

Approves the use of Onpattro to treat hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis and represents the first Food and Drug Administration approval of an interfering RNA drug to treat disease.

Makes it unlawful to operate an unmanned aircraft over wildfires without proper authorization.

Supports the United States’ leadership in the research and development of quantum science and technology.

Directs NERC to modify its Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards to broaden and standardize mandatory reporting of cyber security incidents.

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize services to be provided to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological and organic brain dysfunction who have not attained 60 years of age.

Upholds FERC Orders approving renewables exemption to the minimum price offer rule in New England wholesale power market. 

Issues a framework for the collection, retention, sharing, and use of genetic data obtained by consumer genetic testing companies.

Phase I of a planned two-pase modification of a 2015 rule regulating coal ash disposal under RCRA to allow coal ash waste site operators increased regulatory flexibility, diminish monitoring and remediation practices, and reduce federal oversight.

Provides the National Institutes of Health funding to study the cognitive, physical, and social-emotional effects of technology on infants, children, and adolescents as they age.