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To amend title 5, United States Code, to give members of the United States Capitol Police the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60.

Bill: 114-hr-715
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 
Revises mandatory retirement requirements for members of the U.S. Capitol Police under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System.
 
Requires the Capitol Police Board, at a member's request, to exempt the individual from automatic separation requirements until he or she becomes age 60, if the member: (1) undergoes a physical examination during the six-month period ending on the day the member turns age 57, and (2) on the basis of the examination meets appropriate physical fitness criteria.
 
(Currently, the Board, when in its judgement the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation until that member becomes 60 years of age.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-716
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require mammography facilities to include up-to-date information about breast density in both the written report of the results of a mammography examination provided to a patient's physician and the summary of that written report given to the patient. Requires the summary to convey: (1) the effect of breast density in masking the presence of breast cancer on a mammogram, and (2) that individuals with dense breasts should talk with their physicians about any questions or concerns regarding the summary and whether they would benefit from additional tests.
 
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to expand and intensify research on breast density, the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of supplemental imaging relating to breast density, and best practices concerning mammograms and supplemental screening for those with dense breasts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
All Students Count Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-717
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Minority education
Racial and ethnic relations
Special education
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

All Students Count Act of 2015

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require information on the annual state report cards on student achievement at each proficiency level to be disaggregated by the same major racial groups as the decennial census of the population. (Currently, that information is to be disaggregated by race, but the racial groups are not specified.) 
 
Requires the proficiency information which is disaggregated by such racial groups and by ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, and status as economically disadvantaged to be cross-tabulated across all of those subgroups by gender and by disability.
 
Provides that such disaggregation and cross-tabulation shall not be required when the number of students in a subgroup is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Community Schools Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-718
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Public-private cooperation
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Supporting Community Schools Act of 2015

 
Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize local educational agencies (LEAs) to use school improvement funds to transform schools identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring into community schools. (Schools are identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring when they fail to make adequate yearly progress [AYP] toward state academic performance standards.)
 
Defines a &quot;community school&quot; as a public elementary or secondary school that partners with community-based entities, both public and private, to address students' academic, health, and developmental needs while also serving as a community center that provides or hosts relevant community services.
 
Requires such schools to be based on research into successful practices in: (1) improving student achievement or growth, (2) closing achievement gaps between groups of students, and (3) increasing student attendance and graduation rates.
 
Authorizes LEAs to use funds under part D (Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk) of title I of the ESEA to fund a community school coordinator who will support their community schools. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-721
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for railroad track maintenance, to: (1) expand the types of maintenance expenditures eligible for such credit, and (2) extend such credit through 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Government Employee Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-722
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Employee leave
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Government Employee Accountability Act

 
Sets forth guidelines for placing career employees of the Senior Executive Service (SES) on investigative leave. Defines "investigative leave" as a temporary absence without duty for disciplinary reasons, of a period not greater than 90 days.
 
Authorizes a federal agency to: (1) place an SES employee on investigative leave, without loss of pay and without charge to annual or sick leave, only for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or misappropriation of funds; (2) place such employee on leave without pay if such employee's conduct is flagrant and such employee intentionally engaged in such conduct; or (3) remove such employee if such employee acted in a manner that endangers the interest of the agency mission and the removal is deemed necessary or advisable in the interests of the United States.
 
Requires an agency head to periodically review the investigation into the conduct of an SES employee placed on investigative leave and take certain actions with respect to such employee at the end of a period of investigative leave, including removal, suspension without pay, or reinstatement to duty. Grants an employee placed on investigative leave certain rights, including: (1) advance written notice of, and the right to answer, charges; (2) the right to be represented by an attorney; and (3) the right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
 
Includes misappropriation of funds as a ground in suspending or reinstating an SES employee or placing such employee in another civil service position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-723
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
First responders and emergency personnel
Law enforcement officers
National symbols
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2015

 
 Allows the Representative of the immediate family of a deceased fire fighter, law enforcement officer, member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, or public safety officer who died in the line of duty to provide the family, at their request, with a Capitol-flown flag, together with a certificate, signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Representative providing the flag, which contains an expression of sympathy for the family. 

action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2015

 
 (Sec. 2) Allows the Representative of the immediate family of a deceased fire fighter, law enforcement officer, member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, or public safety officer who died in the line of duty to provide the family, at their request, with a Capitol-flown flag, together with a certificate, signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Representative providing the flag, which contains an expression of sympathy for the family. 
 
(Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2020 to carry out this Act, to be derived from amounts appropriated for the operation of the Capitol Visitors Center, subject to a cap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2856)
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2856)
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 723.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2856-2857)
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Mr. Nugent moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-724
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that payments to plans do not exceed payments to HHS under the risk corridors program (under which a qualified health plan is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums) for a plan year.
 
HHS must proportionately decrease payments to plans in order to ensure that this requirement is satisfied each year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-725
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2015

 
Repeals the federal estate tax, effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Secure Data Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-726
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Secure Data Act of 2015

 
Prohibits a federal agency from requiring or requesting a manufacturer, developer, or seller of any computer hardware, software, or electronic device made available to the general public to design or alter the security functions in such products to allow the surveillance of any user or the physical search of such product by any agency. Exempts from such prohibition products used by law enforcement agencies for electronic surveillance as authorized under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act

Bill: 114-hr-727
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional elections
Congressional operations and organization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
House of Representatives
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act 

 
Authorizes the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico to provide for a vote on Puerto Rico's admission into the Union as a state within one year of this Act's enactment.
 
Requires the governor of Puerto Rico to transmit the results of such vote to the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within 10 days after the certification of the vote by the Commission.
 
Directs the President, if a majority of the votes cast are for Puerto Rico's admission as a state: (1) within 30 calendar days of receipt of the certified results, to issue a proclamation to begin the transition process that will culminate in Puerto Rico's admission as a state effective January 1, 2021; and (2) within 90 calendar days of such receipt, to appoint a Commission on the Equal Application of Federal Law to Puerto Rico, which shall survey U.S. laws and submit recommendations to Congress by July 1, 2018, as to how laws that do not apply, or that apply differently, to the territory should be amended or repealed to treat Puerto Rico equally.
 
Requires Puerto Rico to carry out necessary actions by January 1, 2020, to enable it to hold elections for federal office in November 2020, including the election to the 117th Congress of two U.S. Senators and the number of Representatives to which it would have been entitled for the 116th Congress if it had been a state during such Congress. Provides for a temporary increase in the membership of the House of Representatives initially and a permanent increase effective with the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial census conducted for 2020.
 
Requires the President, following a transition process, to issue a proclamation declaring that Puerto Rico is admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states, effective January 1, 2021.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding the continuity of government and the continuity of laws of Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indians, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H760)
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-729
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to commence a project to demonstrate and evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low vision devices under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in the same or similar manner as coverage is provided for durable medical equipment under such part.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E164)
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Paperwork Reduction Act

Bill: 114-hr-730
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

District of Columbia Paperwork Reduction Act

 
 Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E161)
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in House