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FAIR Act

To increase the rates of pay under the General Schedule and other statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.8 percent, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act of 2015 FAIR Act 2. Adjustment to rates of pay (a) Statutory pay systems The adjustment in rates of basic pay for employees under the statutory pay systems (as defined in section 5302 of title 5, United States Code) that takes effect in fiscal year 2016 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.8 percent, and such adjustments shall be effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2016. (b) Prevailing rate employees The adjustment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal year 2016 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be equal to the percentage adjustment received by employees in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems under subsection (a) of this section and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate employees at locations where there are no employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay locality designated as Rest of US

Summary: Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act of 2015 or the FAIR Act Increases by 3.8% in FY2016 the rate of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (relating to the General Schedule, the U.S. Foreign Service, and the Veterans Health Administration) and for prevailing rate employees.
Ensuring the Safety and Security of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq Act of 2015

To require a report on actions to secure the safety and security of dissidents housed at Camp Liberty, Iraq. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring the Safety and Security of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq Act of 2015 2. Report on actions to secure the safety and security of dissidents housed at Camp Liberty, Iraq Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall certify, in writing, to the committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives whether or not the Central Government of Iraq is taking appropriate and sufficient actions to ensure the safety and security of dissidents housed at Camp Liberty, Iraq. Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a written report setting forth an assessment of whether the Central Government of Iraq is taking appropriate and sufficient actions to ensure the safety and security of dissidents housed at Camp Liberty, Iraq. June 25, 2015 Reported with an amendment

Summary: Ensuring the Safety and Security of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of State to submit an assessment to Congress of whether or not the government of Iraq is taking sufficient actions to ensure the safety and security of dissidents housed at Camp Liberty, Iraq.
A bill to permanently extend the private mortgage insurance tax deduction.

To permanently extend the private mortgage insurance tax deduction. 1. Permanent extension of deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (a) In general Subparagraph (E) of section 163(h)(3) (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or accrued after December 31, 2014, and to amounts properly allocable to periods after such date.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.
Technical Clarification to Public Law 113-243 Act of 2015

To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to make a technical correction relating to the amendments made by Public Law 113–243 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Technical Clarification to Public Law 113–243 2. Technical amendment relating to rollover of certain airline payment amounts (a) In general Section 1106(a) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 26 U.S.C. 408 (6) Special rule for certain airline payment amounts In the case of any amount which became an airline payment amount by reason of the amendments made by section 1(b) of Public Law 113–243 26 U.S.C. 408 (or, if later, within the period beginning on December 18, 2014, and ending on the date which is 180 days after the date of enactment of the Technical Clarification to Public Law 113–243 (or, if later, within 180 days of the date of the enactment of this Act) . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in Public Law 113–243 26 U.S.C. 408

Summary: Technical Clarification to Public Law 113-243 Act of 2015 This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 with respect to rollovers to a traditional individual retirement account (IRA) of payments to qualified airline employees in commercial airline carrier bankruptcy cases. A commercial airline employee shall be qualified for such a rollover if he or she had participated in a commercial airline's tax-exempt defined benefit pension plan that was terminated or otherwise restricted. The bill prescribes a special rule for airline payments received by a qualified employee from an airline carrier resulting from a bankruptcy case filed after September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2007, or on November 29, 2011. Under this special rule, the period for a qualified airline employee to make a tax-exempt rollover of such a payment into a traditional IRA shall be extended to the period beginning on December 18, 2014, and ending 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
Sonoran Corridor Interstate Development Act of 2015

To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of the Tucson International Airport, as a future part of the Interstate System. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sonoran Corridor Interstate Development Act of 2015 2. Findings Congress finds that the designation of the Sonoran Corridor Interstate connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of the Tucson International Airport as a future part of the Interstate System would— (1) enhance direct linkage between major trading routes connecting growing ports, agricultural regions, infrastructure and manufacturing centers, and existing high priority corridors of the National Highway System; and (2) significantly improve connectivity on the future Interstate 11 and the CANAMEX Corridor, a route directly linking the United States with Mexico and Canada. 3. Route designation (a) High priority corridors on National Highway System Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1210) is amended by adding at the end the following: (81) State Route 410, the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of the Tucson International Airport. . (b) Future parts of Interstate System Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2033; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended in the first sentence by striking and subsection (c)(57) subsection (c)(57), and subsection (c)(81)

Summary: Sonoran Corridor Interstate Development Act of 2015 This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the State Route 410, the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of the Tucson International Airport in Arizona, as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System and a future part of the Interstate System.
Social Security Fairness Act of 2015

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Fairness Act of 2015 2. Repeal of government pension offset provision (a) In general Section 202(k) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(k) (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 202(b)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(b)(2) subsections (k)(5) and (q) subsection (q) (2) Section 202(c)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(c)(2) subsections (k)(5) and (q) subsection (q) (3) Section 202(e)(2)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(e)(2)(A) subsection (k)(5), subsection (q), subsection (q) (4) Section 202(f)(2)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(f)(2)(A) subsection (k)(5), subsection (q) subsection (q) 3. Repeal of windfall elimination provisions (a) In general Section 215 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 415 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (7); (2) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (3); and (3) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (9). (b) Conforming amendments Subsections (e)(2) and (f)(2) of section 202 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402 section 215(f)(5), 215(f)(6), or 215(f)(9)(B) paragraph (5) or (6) of section 215(f) 4. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to monthly insurance benefits payable under title II of the Social Security Act for months after December 2015. Notwithstanding section 215(f) of the Social Security Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall adjust primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to take into account the amendments made by section 3.

Summary: Social Security Fairness Act of 2015 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset requirement applicable to and reducing husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and divorced mother's and divorced father's insurance benefits with respect to federal, state, or local government employees who receive a government pension and did not pay Social Security taxes during their years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years. Repeals also the windfall elimination requirement with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount under which OASDI retirement or disability benefits are reduced if the individual receives a federal, state, or local government pension, did not pay Social Security taxes during the years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.
A bill to amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under that Act.

To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under that Act. 1. Excluding certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under United States Cotton Futures Act (a) In general Subsection (c)(1) of the United States Cotton Futures Act ( 7 U.S.C. 15b(c)(1) (1) by striking except that any cotton futures contract except that— (A) any cotton futures contract ; (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (B) any cotton futures contract that permits tender of cotton grown outside of the United States is excluded from the coverage of this paragraph and section to the extent that the cotton grown outside of the United States is tendered for delivery under the cotton futures contract. . (b) Application The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to cotton futures contracts entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: This bill amends the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude cotton future contracts involving cotton that is grown outside of the United States and tendered for delivery from coverage under the Act, including the requirement that the cotton be classified by the Department of Agriculture.
Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act

To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act 2. Authorization of additional project benefits The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 ( 43 U.S.C. 506 et seq. (1) in section 3, by striking Construction Except as provided in section 5B, construction (2) by inserting after section 5A ( 43 U.S.C. 509 5B. Additional project benefits Notwithstanding section 3, if the Secretary determines that additional project benefits, including additional conservation storage capacity, are feasible and not inconsistent with the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to develop additional project benefits through the construction of new or supplementary works on a project in conjunction with the Secretary’s activities under section 2 and subject to the conditions described in the feasibility study, provided that— (1) the Secretary determines that developing additional project benefits through the construction of new or supplementary works on a project will promote more efficient management of water and water-related facilities; (2) the feasibility study pertaining to additional project benefits has been authorized pursuant to section 8 of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965 ( 16 U.S.C. 4601–18 (3) the costs associated with developing the additional project benefits are allocated to the authorized purposes of the structure and repaid consistent with all provisions of Federal Reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 43 U.S.C. 371 et seq. .

Summary: Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize the Department of the Interior, subject to a feasibility study, to develop additional project benefits (including additional conservation storage capacity) through the construction of new or supplementary works when it exercises its authority to modify Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities to preserve their structural safety, provided that: (1) the additional project benefits will promote more efficient management of water and water-related facilities, (2) the feasibility study is authorized under the Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965, and (3) the costs are allocated to the authorized purposes of the structure and repaid consistent with federal reclamation law.
Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act 2. Minimum age for distributions during working retirement (a) In general Paragraph (36) of section 401(a) (36) Distributions during working retirement (A) In general A trust forming part of a pension plan shall not be treated as failing to constitute a qualified trust under this section solely because the plan provides that a distribution may be made from such trust to an employee who has attained age 62 and who is not separated from employment at the time of such distribution. (B) Certain employees in the building and construction industry Subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting age 55 age 62 (i) the trust to which subparagraph (A) applies was in existence before January 1, 1970, and (ii) before December 31, 2011, at a time when the plan provided that distributions may be made to an employee who has attained age 55 and who is not separated from employment at the time of such distribution, the plan received at least 1 written determination from the Internal Revenue Service that the trust to which subparagraph (A) applies constituted a qualified trust under this section. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to distributions made before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employees in the building and construction industry to make distributions from their tax-exempt employer pension plans at age 55 if they are not separated from service at the time of such distributions and were participants in such plan on or before April 30, 2013.
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Amendment Act

To include Livingston County, the city of Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson County, Illinois, to the Lincoln National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Amendment Act 2. Adjustment of boundaries of Lincoln National Heritage Area (a) Boundary adjustment Section 443(b)(1) of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–229 16 U.S.C. 461 (1) by inserting , Livingston, LaSalle (2) by inserting , the city of Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson County Woodford counties (b) Map The Secretary of the Interior shall update the map referred to in section 443(b)(2) of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to reflect the boundary adjustment made by the amendments in subsection (a) of this section. September 6, 2016 Reported without amendment

Summary: This bill amends the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to add Livingston County, the city of Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson County in Illinois to the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities, and for other purposes. 1. Clarification of special rule for certain governmental plans (a) In general Paragraph (1) of section 105(j) (1) by striking the taxpayer a qualified taxpayer (2) by striking deceased plan participant's beneficiary deceased employee's beneficiary (other than an individual described in paragraph (3)(B)) (b) Qualified taxpayer Subsection (j) of section 105 (3) Qualified taxpayer For purposes of paragraph (1), with respect to an accident or health plan described in paragraph (2), the term qualified taxpayer (A) an employee, or (B) the spouse, dependent (as defined for purposes of subsection (b)), or child (as defined for purposes of such subsection) of an employee. . (c) Application to political subdivisions of States Paragraph (2) of section 105(j) (1) by inserting or established by or on behalf of a State or political subdivision thereof public retirement system (2) by inserting or 501(c)(9) section 115 (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion from gross income of payments from an accident or health plan, to: (1) make the exclusion for payments to a beneficiary other than a spouse or dependent child applicable to plans established by or on behalf of a state or political subdivision thereof; and (2) define a "qualified taxpayer," for purposes of the exclusion, as an employee or the spouse, dependent, or child (under age 27) of an employee.
Restoration of America's Wire Act

To restore long-standing United States policy that the Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoration of America's Wire Act 2. Wire Act clarification Section 1084 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, any bet or wager, or information assisting in the placing of any bet or wager, (B) by striking result of bets or wagers result of any bet or wager (C) by striking or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, (2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: (e) As used in this section— (1) the term bet or wager (2) the term State (3) the term uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of any bet or wager (4) the term wire communication 47 U.S.C. 153 . 3. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed— (1) to preempt any State law prohibiting gambling; or (2) to alter, limit, or extend— (A) the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 ( 15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. (B) the ability of a State licensed lottery (including in conjunction with its supplier) or State licensed retailer to make on-premises retail lottery sales, including through a self-service retail lottery terminal, or to transmit information ancillary to such sales (including information relating to subscriptions or fulfillment of game play), in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws; (C) the ability of a State licensed gaming establishment or a tribal gaming establishment to transmit information assisting in the placing of a bet or wager on the physical premises of the establishment, in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws; or (D) the relationship between Federal laws and State charitable gaming laws.

Summary: Restoration of America's Wire Act Amends provisions of the federal criminal code, commonly known as the Wire Act, to provide that the prohibition against using a wire communication facility for the transmission of bets or wagers, wagering information, or wagering proceeds shall: (1) apply to any bet or wager (currently, to bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest); and (2) include any transmission over the Internet carried interstate or in foreign commerce. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt any state law prohibiting gambling or to alter, limit, or extend: (1) the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 and other federal laws currently in effect, (2) the ability of a state licensed lottery or state licensed retailer to make on-premises retail lottery sales or to transmit information ancillary to such sales, (3) the ability of a state licensed gaming establishment or a tribal gaming establishment to transmit information assisting in the placing of a bet or water on the physical premises of the establishment, or (4) the relationship between federal laws and state charitable gaming laws.
National Forest Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2015

To reauthorize the National Forest Foundation Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Forest Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2015 2. National Forest Foundation Act reauthorization (a) Extension of authority To provide matching funds for administrative and project expenses Section 405(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 583j–3(b) for a period of five years beginning October 1, 1992 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018 (b) Authorization of appropriations Section 410(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 583j–8(b) during the five-year period $1,000,000 annually there are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018 (c) Technical corrections (1) Agent Section 404(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 583j–2(b) by this paragraph by subsection (a)(4) (2) Annual report Section 407(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j– 5(b)) is amended by striking the comma after ‘‘The Foundation shall’’.

Summary: National Forest Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2015 This bill amends the National Forest Foundation Act to authorize the Department of Agriculture to provide for each of FY2016-FY2018 matching funds for certain administrative and project expenses incurred by the National Forest Foundation.