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To require that overseas contingency operations be paid for.

To require that overseas contingency operations be paid for. 1. Requirement that overseas contingency operations be paid for (a) Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2015 No amount otherwise made available for Overseas Contingency Operations for fiscal year 2015 may be obligated during the period beginning on the date which is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date of the enactment of a law which includes provisions which increase revenues by not less than the aggregate amount appropriated for Overseas Contingency Operations for fiscal year 2015. A provision to increase revenue shall not be taken into account under the preceding sentence unless the law which includes such provision includes a statement that specifically indicates that such provision is to be taken into account for purposes of satisfying the requirement of this subsection. (b) Point of order regarding increased funding for Overseas Contingency Operations Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 12. It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if the provisions of such measure increase amounts made available for Overseas Contingency Operations for any fiscal year, unless such measure includes provisions which increase revenues by not less than the increase in Overseas Contingency Operations for that fiscal year. .

Summary: This bill requires Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) appropriations to be paid for with revenues. FY2015 OCO funds must not be used during a period beginning 90 days after enactment of this bill and ending upon enactment of a law increasing revenues by at least the amount of the OCO appropriation. The bill also amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to create a point of order against legislation increasing funding for OCO for any fiscal year unless a provision increasing revenues by at least the same amount is included. Under current law, OCO funding is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City", and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an American World War II City 1. Designation of American World War II Cities (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall designate at least one city in the United States each year as an American World War II City (b) Criteria for designation After the designation made under subsection (c), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall make each designation under subsection (a) based on the following criteria: (1) Contributions by a city to the war effort during World War II, including those related to defense manufacturing, bond drives, service in the Armed Forces, and the presence of military facilities within the city. (2) Efforts by a city to preserve the history of the city’s contributions during World War II, including through the establishment of preservation organizations or museums, restoration of World War II facilities, and recognition of World War II veterans. (c) First American World War II City The city of Wilmington, North Carolina, is designated as an American World War II City

Summary: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City" based on the city's: (1) contributions to the war effort during World War II; and (2) efforts to preserve the history of such contributions, including through establishment of preservation organizations or museums, restoration of World War II facilities, and recognition of World War II veterans. Designates Wilmington, North Carolina, as the first such city.
To rename the Captain William Wylie Galt Great Falls Armed Forces Readiness Center in honor of Captain John E. Moran, a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

To rename the Captain William Wylie Galt Great Falls Armed Forces Readiness Center in honor of Captain John E. Moran, a recipient of the Medal of Honor. 1. Renaming of the Captain William Wylie Galt Great Falls Armed Forces Readiness Center in honor of Captain John E. Moran, a recipient of the Medal of Honor (a) Renaming The Captain William Wylie Galt Great Falls Armed Forces Readiness Center in Great Falls, Montana, shall hereafter be known and designated as the Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve Center (b) References Any reference in any law, map, regulation, map, document, paper, other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to the Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve Center.

Summary: Redesignates the Captain William Wylie Galt Great Falls Armed Forces Readiness Center in Great Falls, Montana, as the "Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve Center."
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and improve the Indian coal production tax credit.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and improve the Indian coal production tax credit. 1. Extension and improvement of Indian coal production tax credit (a) Repeal of limitation based on date facility is placed in service Paragraph (10) of section 45(d) (10) Indian coal production facility The term Indian coal production facility . (b) Repeal of limitation on period during which coal must be produced and sold; treatment of sales to related parties Section 45(e)(10)(A) of such Code is amended by striking per ton of Indian coal— per ton of Indian coal— (i) produced by the taxpayer at an Indian coal production facility, and (ii) sold (either directly by the taxpayer or after sale or transfer to one or more related persons) to an unrelated person. . (c) Repeal of limitation on treatment as a specified credit (1) In general Section 38(c)(4)(B) of such Code is amended by redesignating clauses (iv) through (ix) as clauses (v) through (x), respectively, and by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) the credit determined under section 45 to the extent that such credit is attributable to section 45(e)(10) (relating to Indian coal production facilities), . (2) Conforming amendment Section 45(e)(10) of such Code is amended by striking subparagraph (D). (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to coal produced and sold after the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for producing electricity from an Indian coal production facility, to eliminate: (1) the requirement that such a facility be placed in service before January 1, 2009, and (2) the limitation on the period during which such coal is required to be produced and sold.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building 1. Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, shall be known and designated as the Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building."
Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015

To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for community financial institutions with respect to certain rules relating to mortgage loans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015 2. Community financial institution mortgage relief (a) Exemption from escrow requirements for loans held by smaller creditors Section 129D of the Truth in Lending Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1639d (1) by adding at the end the following: (k) Safe harbor for loans held by smaller creditors (1) In general A creditor shall not be in violation of subsection (a) with respect to a loan if— (A) the creditor has consolidated assets of $10,000,000,000 or less; and (B) the creditor holds the loan on the balance sheet of the creditor for the 3-year period beginning on the date of the origination of the loan. (2) Exception for certain transfers In the case of a creditor that transfers a loan to another person by reason of the bankruptcy or failure of the creditor, the purchase of the creditor, or a supervisory act or recommendation from a State or Federal regulator, the creditor shall be deemed to have complied with the requirement under paragraph (1)(B). ; and (2) by striking the term Board Bureau (b) Modification to exemption for small servicers of mortgage loans Section 6 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 ( 12 U.S.C. 2605 (n) Small Servicer Exemption The Bureau shall, by regulation, provide exemptions to, or adjustments for, the provisions of this section for a servicer that annually services 20,000 or fewer mortgage loans, in order to reduce regulatory burdens while appropriately balancing consumer protections. . April 6, 2015 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to create a safe harbor from requirements for an escrow or impound account for the payment of taxes and hazard insurance in the case of mortgage loans made by a creditor with consolidated assets of $10 billion or less that holds the loan on its balance sheet for three years after its origination. A creditor shall be deemed to have complied with the three-year balance sheet requirement if it transfers a loan by reason of its bankruptcy or failure, the purchase of it by another, or by a supervisory act or recommendation from a state or federal regulator. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is required to exempt mortgage servicers that service 20,000 or fewer mortgage loans from requirements of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 pertaining to the servicing of mortgage loans and administration of escrow accounts.
To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment.

To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. 1. Repeal of the 1954 Johnson Amendment banning the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations (a) In general Paragraph (3) of section 501(c) , and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Campaign finance laws unaffected The amendments made by this section shall not invalidate or limit any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the prohibition against churches and other tax-exempt organizations participating in political campaigns or supporting or opposing candidates for public office. Provides that this repeal shall not invalidate or limit any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
Keeping our Promises to Veterans Act of 2015

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to modify the distance requirements regarding the eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping our Promises to Veterans Act of 2015 2. Modification of eligibility of Veterans Choice Program and implementation of prompt payment requirement (a) Eligibility requirements (1) Distance Subsection (b)(2)(B) of section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( 38 U.S.C. 1701 (B) resides more than 20 miles from the closest medical facility of the Department, including a community-based outpatient clinic, that is able to provide to the veteran the care and services that the veteran seeks; . (2) Wait-time goal Subsection (s) of such section is amended to read as follows: (s) Wait-Time Goals of the Veterans Health Administration In this section, the term wait-time goals of the Veterans Health Administration . (b) Prompt payment Section 105(b)(1) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: The Secretary shall implement such system by not later than the earlier of the date that is 180 days after the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States submits the report under subsection (c) or February 1, 2016. The Secretary shall publish on the Internet website of the Department an explanation of how such system will standardize payments.

Summary: Keeping our Promises to Veterans Act of 2015 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 regarding the veterans choice program to: reduce the 40-mile radius requirement to 20 miles, and require that the closest medical facility is able to provide a veteran with the care and services needed; reduce the 30-day wait-time goal to 15 days; and require the Veterans Administration (VA) to implement the prompt payment system by the earlier of February 1, 2016, or 180 days after the Comptroller General submits a certain report on the timeliness of VA payments for hospital care, medical services, and other health care furnished by non-VA health care providers.
SACO Act

To terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding America’s Congressional Oversight Act SACO Act 2. Cause for Termination When Granted Immunity Any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions in a congressional hearing after being granted immunity shall be terminated from employment. 3. Cause for Termination Without Waiver of Immunity Any Federal employee who, in a congressional hearing, refuses to answer questions specifically, directly, and narrowly relating to the official duties of such employee, without being required to waive immunity with respect to the use of answers or the fruits thereof in a criminal prosecution of such employee, shall be terminated from employment. 4. False Testimony Cause for Termination If three-fourths of the congressional body to whom the testimony was given finds that a Federal employee willfully or knowingly gave false testimony in a congressional hearing, then such employee shall be terminated from employment.

Summary: Safeguarding America's Congressional Oversight Act or the SACO Act Terminates from employment any federal employee who: (1) refuses to answer questions in a congressional hearing after being granted immunity; (2) in a congressional hearing, refuses to answer questions specifically, directly, and narrowly relating to his or her official duties, without being required to waive immunity with respect to the use of answers or the fruits thereof in a criminal prosecution; or (3) is found, by three-fourths of the congressional body to which testimony is given, to have willfully or knowingly given false testimony in a congressional hearing.
Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make permanent the research credit. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act 2. Research credit increased and made permanent (a) Credit amount increased by 50 percent Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 41(a) 20 percent 30 percent (b) Credit made permanent (1) In general Section 41 of such Code is amended by striking subsection (h). (2) Conforming amendments (A) Subsection (c) of section 41 of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (4). (B) Paragraph (1) of section 45C(b) of such Code is amended by striking subparagraph (D). (c) Credit allowed against payroll taxes for small employers Section 41 of such Code, as amended by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) Credit allowed against payroll taxes for small employers (1) In general In the case of an eligible small employer, so much of the credit determined under subsection (a) for the taxable year (determined without regard to this subsection) as does not exceed the payroll taxes paid by such employer for periods during such taxable year shall be treated for purposes of this title as a credit allowed under subpart C. (2) Coordination with research credit The amount determined under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall be reduced by the amount treated under paragraph (1) as a credit allowed under subpart C. (3) Eligible small employer For purposes of this subsection, the term eligible small employer (4) Payroll taxes For purposes of this subsection, the term payroll taxes (A) any tax imposed under section 3111 or 3221(a), (B) so much of any tax imposed under section 3211(a) as relates to the rates of tax under subsections (a) and (b) of section 3111, and (C) 50 percent of any tax imposed under section 1401. . (d) Effective dates (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014. (2) Extension of credit The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2014.

Summary: Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for increasing research activities, to: (1) increase such credit (from the sum of 20% of the excess of qualified research expenses for the taxable year over the base amount, 20% of the basic research payments, and 20% of the amounts paid by the taxpayer in carrying on any trade or business during the taxable year to an energy research consortium for energy research to the sum of 30% of each of those); (2) make such credit permanent; and (3) allow such credit to offset the employment taxes of an eligible small employer, as defined by the Small Business Act.
Advancing Hope Act of 2015

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize a program of priority review to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Hope Act of 2015 2. Reauthorization of program for priority review To encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases Section 529 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360ff (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) Rare pediatric disease The term rare pediatric disease (A) A disease that meets each of the following criteria: (i) The disease primarily affects individuals aged from birth to 18 years, including age groups often called neonates, infants, children, and adolescents. (ii) The disease is a rare disease or condition, within the meaning of section 526. (B) Any form of sickle cell disease. (C) Any pediatric cancers. ; and (B) in paragraph (4)(A)— (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking and (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (G) is for a drug or biological product for which a priority review voucher has not been issued under section 524 (relating to tropical disease products). ; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (5). 3. Limitation on priority review vouchers for tropical disease products Subparagraph (A) of section 524(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360n(a)(4) (1) in clause (i), by striking and (2) in clause (ii), by inserting and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iii) contains an assurance (satisfactory to the Secretary) that the drug for which the application is submitted has not been approved for commercial marketing for any tropical disease indication by a government authority outside of the United States for more than 24 months before the application is submitted; .

Summary: Advancing Hope Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the priority review voucher program for rare pediatric diseases to include treatments for sickle cell disease and pediatric cancers. The voucher program is extended by removing the provision terminating the program one year after the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) issuance of three rare pediatric disease vouchers. A voucher may not be issued for a rare pediatric disease product if a voucher was issued for the product as a tropical disease product. A tropical disease voucher may not be issued for a product that was approved, over two years before submitting an application to the FDA, for commercial marketing by a foreign government to treat a tropical disease.