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Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2015

To require public employees to perform the inspection of State and local surface transportation projects, and related essential public functions, to ensure public safety, the cost-effective use of transportation funding, and timely project delivery. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2015 2. Public inspection Public employees shall carry out the construction inspection functions for all surface transportation projects receiving Federal funding. 3. Definitions In this Act, the following definitions apply: (1) Construction inspection functions The term construction inspection functions (2) Public employee The term public employee (3) Surface transportation project The term surface transportation project

Summary: Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2015 Requires public employees to perform construction inspections on all surface transportation projects receiving federal funding.
White House Accountability Act of 2015

To rescind unobligated amounts for White House salaries and expenses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the White House Accountability Act of 2015 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) That the President has failed to fulfill his duty to enforce immigration law. (2) That our national security is the primary responsibility of the United States Federal Government. (3) That it stands to reason that when you do not fulfill your responsibilities, you typically lose your compensation. 3. Rescission Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2015 for The White House—Salaries and Expenses

Summary: White House Accountability Act of 2015 Rescinds the unobligated balance of funds made available for FY2015 for salaries and expenses of the White House.
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. 1. Extension of tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (a) In general U.S. Note 13 to subchapter XIV of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (a)— (A) by striking 2015 2025 (B) by striking January 1, 2016, through July 31, 2016 January 1, 2026, through July 31, 2026 (2) in the matter following paragraph (d), by striking July 31, 2016 July 31, 2026 (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2016.

Summary: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through July 31, 2026, the duty-free treatment on specified quantities of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods imported into the United States from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.
Rural Health Care Provider Relief Act of 2015

To extend the nonenforcement instruction for the Medicare direct supervision requirement for therapeutic hospital outpatient services insofar as it applies to critical access hospitals and rural hospitals, to require a study of the impact on critical access hospitals and rural hospitals of a failure to extend such instruction, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Health Care Provider Relief Act of 2015 2. Extension of nonenforcement instruction for the Medicare direct supervision requirement for therapeutic hospital outpatient services for critical access hospitals and rural hospitals; study of impact of failure to extend such instruction (a) Extension of therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, during the extension period, extend the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction The term therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction Public Law 113–198 (2) Critical access hospital; small rural hospital The terms critical access hospital small rural hospital (3) Extension period The term extension period (c) Study and report on impact of failure To extend therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction (1) Study The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study on the impact (including the economic impact and the impact upon hospital staffing needs, if any) on critical access hospitals and small rural hospitals of not extending the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction. (2) Report The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the study conducted under paragraph (1), including recommendations regarding whether the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction should be extended or made permanent.

Summary: Rural Health Care Provider Relief Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, during a specified extension period, to extend the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction (the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, as extended for calendar year 2013 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and through calendar year 2014 by Public Law 113-198). Directs the Secretary to study the impact (including the economic impact and the impact upon hospital staffing needs, if any) on critical access hospitals and small rural hospitals of not extending the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction.
Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act

To amend section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General to appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with serious mental disabilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act 2. Appointment of counsel in certain cases (a) Appointment of counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with a serious mental disability Section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1362 (1) by inserting (a) In any (2) by striking (at no expense to the Government) (3) by striking he shall the person shall (4) by adding at the end the following: (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the Government is not required to provide counsel to aliens under subsection (a). (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Attorney General shall appoint counsel, at the expense of the Government if necessary (to the extent provided in appropriations Acts), to represent an alien in a removal proceeding who— (1) has been determined by the Secretary to be an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 279(g) (2) is unable to represent himself or herself due to a serious mental disability that would be included in section 3(1) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12102(1) . (b) Funding There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section.

Summary: Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that counsel at the government's expense in a removal or related appeal proceeding shall be provided only for an alien who is: (1) an unaccompanied child, or (2) unable to represent himself or herself due to a serious mental disability.
Drought Resilience Investment Act of 2015

To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to provide additional financing options for water infrastructure projects carried out in States in which the Governor of the State has issued a state of drought emergency declaration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drought Resilience Investment Act of 2015 2. Financing of water infrastructure projects in States with drought declarations Section 5028(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1336) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5) by striking No project Except as provided in paragraph (8), no project (2) by adding at the end the following: (8) Projects in States with drought declarations (A) Exemption Paragraph (5) shall not apply with respect to a project carried out in a State during any period in which the State has in effect a state of drought declaration issued by the Governor of the State. (B) Period of state of drought declaration For purposes of subparagraph (A), a state of drought declaration shall remain in effect until the date on which the Governor rescinds the declaration. (C) Sunset date This paragraph shall cease to apply beginning on September 30, 2018. .

Summary: Drought Resilience Investment Act of 2015 Amends the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to exempt a water resources infrastructure project receiving federal credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, that is carried out in a state during any period in which a state of drought declaration issued by the state's governor is in effect, from the prohibition against being financed with proceeds of any: (1) obligation that is tax exempt; or (2) qualified tax credit bond or a Build America Bond. Specifies that a state of drought declaration shall remain in effect until the date on which the governor rescinds the declaration. Terminates this Act on September 30, 2018.
Federal Transit Modernization Act of 2015

To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employee protective arrangements, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Transit Modernization Act of 2015 2. Employee protective arrangements (a) In general Section 5333 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking (a) Prevailing wages requirement.— (2) by striking subsection (b). (b) Conforming amendments (1) Formula grants for rural areas Section 5311(i) of title 49, United States Code, is repealed. (2) Administrative provisions Section 5334(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking (except terms the Secretary of Labor prescribes under section 5333(b) of this title)

Summary: Federal Transit Modernization Act of 2015 Repeals requirements that condition certain financial assistance for public transportation projects upon employee protective arrangements approved by the Secretary of Labor.
Freedom from Internet Tax Act

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt providers of broadband Internet access service from Federal universal service contributions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom from Internet Tax Act 2. Exemption of broadband providers from Federal universal service contributions Section 254(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 254(d) (1) by striking Every (1) In general Every ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Exemption for providers of broadband Internet access service This subsection does not apply to a person engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service (as defined in the rules adopted in the Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order that was adopted by the Commission on February 26, 2015 (FCC 15–24)), insofar as such person is so engaged. .

Summary: Freedom from Internet Tax Act Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt providers of broadband Internet access service (as defined in rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on February 26, 2015) from requirements to make contributions to the federal universal service fund.
No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2015

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2015 2. Exclusion of unauthorized employment from employment upon which creditable wages may be based Section 210(a)(19) of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 410(a)(19) (1) by striking (19) Service (19) (A) Service performed by an alien while employed in the United States for any period during which the alien is not authorized to be so employed; (B) Service . 3. Exclusion of unauthorized functions and services from trade or business from which creditable self-employment income may be derived Section 211(c) of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 411(c) (1) in paragraph (5), by striking or (2) in paragraph (6), by striking him. him; or (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: (7) The performance of a function or service in the United States by an alien during any period for which the alien is not authorized to perform such function or service in the United States. . 4. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to wages earned, and self-employment income derived, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Notwithstanding section 215(f)(1) of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 415(f)(1)

Summary: No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2015 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income any wages earned for services by aliens performed in the United States, and self-employment income derived from a trade or business conducted in the United States, while the alien was not authorized to be so employed or to perform a function or service in such a trade or business.
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2015

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2015 2. Charitable organizations permitted to make collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (a) In general Section 501 (s) Treatment of organizations making collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants (1) In general For purposes of subsection (c)(3) and sections 170(c)(2)(B), 2055(a)(2), and 2522(a)(2), an organization shall not fail to be treated as organized and operated exclusively for charitable or educational purposes solely because such organization makes collegiate housing and infrastructure grants to an organization described in subsection (c)(7) which applies the grant to its collegiate housing property. (2) Housing and infrastructure grants For purposes of paragraph (1), collegiate housing and infrastructure grants are grants to provide, improve, operate, or maintain collegiate housing property that may involve more than incidental social, recreational, or private purposes, so long as such grants are for purposes that would be permissible for a dormitory or other residential facility of the college or university with which the collegiate housing property is associated. A grant shall not be treated as a collegiate housing and infrastructure grant for purposes of paragraph (1) to the extent that such grant is used to provide physical fitness facilities. (3) Collegiate housing property For purposes of this subsection, collegiate housing property is property in which, at the time of a grant or following the acquisition, lease, construction, or modification of such property using such grant, substantially all of the residents are full-time students at the college or university in the community where such property is located. (4) Grants to certain organizations holding title to property, etc For purposes of this subsection, a collegiate housing and infrastructure grant to an organization described in subsection (c)(2) or (c)(7) holding title to property exclusively for the benefit of an organization described in subsection (c)(7) shall be considered a grant to the organization described in subsection (c)(7) for whose benefit such property is held. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to grants made in taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt charitable or educational organizations to make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to certain tax-exempt social clubs (e.g., college fraternities and sororities) which apply such grants to their collegiate housing property.
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".

To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse 1. Designation The United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as the R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse 2. References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse April 23, 2015 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Summary: Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse."
Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act 2. Increase in exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (a) In general Section 129(a)(2)(A) $5,000 ($2,500 $7,500 (half such dollar amount (b) Inflation adjustment Section 129(a)(2) of such Code is amended by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D) and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (C) Inflation adjustment In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2016, the $7,500 amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased by an amount equal to— (i) such dollar amount, multiplied by (ii) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting calendar year 2015 calendar year 1992 Any increase determined under the preceding sentence shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. . (c) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.

Summary: Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $7,500 the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that an employee may exclude from gross income. Allows an annual inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2016.
To reauthorize appropriations for the National Women's Rights History Project Act.

To reauthorize appropriations for the National Women’s Rights History Project Act. 1. Reauthorization of Appropriations (a) Votes for Women’s Trail Section 1602 of Title XVI of Public Law 96–607 16 U.S.C. 410 ll 2013 2019 (b) National Women’s Rights History Project Registry and the National Women’s Rights History Project Partnership Network Section 7111 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 (1) in subsection (b)(5) by striking 2013 2019 (2) in subsection (c)(4) by striking 2013 2019

Summary: This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the National Women's Rights History Project through FY2019. The Project preserves and promotes historic sites significant to the women's rights movement and will establish a Votes for Women Trail linking women's suffrage movement sites throughout New York.
Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015

To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise Form S–1 so as to permit smaller reporting companies to use forward incorporation by reference for such form. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 2. Forward incorporation by reference for Form S–1 Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall revise Form S–1 so as to permit a smaller reporting company (as defined in section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations) to incorporate by reference in a registration statement filed on such form any documents that such company files with the Commission after the effective date of such registration statement. July 14, 2015 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Form S-1 so that a smaller reporting company may incorporate by reference in a registration statement filed on that form any documents it files with the SEC after the registration statement's effective date.
Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015

To amend title 23, United States Code, to reduce Federal spending on surface transportation programs by limiting State and local taxation on purchases of construction materials made with funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015 2. Treatment of State and local taxes under Federal-aid highway program (a) In general Chapter 1 section 154 155. Treatment of State and local taxes (a) In general The Secretary shall not approve any project under section 106 in a State for a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that in the previous fiscal year State or local sales taxes were collected within the State on covered purchases of construction materials made, in whole or in part, with funds made available under this chapter. (b) Definitions In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) Covered purchase The term covered purchase (A) means a purchase of construction materials that are used and consumed during the construction of a project or incorporated into the constructed, reconstructed, or improved product or facility; but (B) does not include a purchase of equipment, heavy equipment, mechanized vehicles, and construction materials that are not fully consumed during the construction of a project. (c) Construction material The term construction material . (b) Clerical amendment The analysis for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 154 the following: 155. Treatment of State and local taxes. . (c) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Summary: Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from approving a federal-aid highway project in a state for a fiscal year if in the previous fiscal year state or local sales taxes were collected on covered purchases of construction materials made, in whole or in part, with federal funds. The term "covered purchase" means: a purchase of construction materials used and consumed during the construction of a project or incorporated into the constructed, reconstructed, or improved product or facility; but excludes a purchase of equipment, heavy equipment, mechanized vehicles, and construction materials not fully consumed during the construction of a project.