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Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3520
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 

Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Interagency Pulmonary Hypertension Coordinating Committee. The committee must monitor research and annually summarize research and medical advances regarding pulmonary hypertension.
 
The committee must develop a comprehensive strategic plan to improve health outcomes for individuals with pulmonary hypertension. The plan must include recommendations regarding pulmonary hypertension diagnosis, research, transplantation criteria, public awareness, and health care delivery.
 HHS must report on activities related to improving health outcomes for individuals with pulmonary hypertension. The report must include information regarding pulmonary hypertension epidemiology, treatment, support available to individuals, and research.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Red Snapper Data Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-3521
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fishes
Government information and archives
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 

Gulf Red Snapper Data Improvement Act

 
This bill requires the National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Regional Office to award grants for data collection that is used in stock assessments for reef fish species in the Gulf of Mexico, including the red snapper. In awarding grants, the Office must seek to improve stock assessments through innovative approaches to data collection that incorporates data from peer-reviewed research involving academia, fishermen, and other fisheries sources.
 
The Department of Commerce must: (1) seek to improve communications by the National Marine Fisheries Service with stakeholders regarding the reef fish species stock assessment processes and outcomes of those processes, and (2) develop a process for using data collected through cooperative research activities for those stock assessments.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
PROVE Act

Bill: 114-hr-3522
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 

Pre-Registration of Voters Everywhere Act or the PROVE Act

 
This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each state to implement a pre-registration process under which individuals age 16 may apply to register to vote in federal elections in the state, which shall ensure that the individual is registered to vote in elections held on or after the date the individual turns age 18.
 
The Election Assistance Commission shall make grants to enable eligible states to carry out a plan to increase the involvement of individuals under age 18 in public election activities in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1299)
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act

Bill: 114-hr-3523
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 

Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend public safety officers' death benefits to Transportation Security Administration employees who are responsible for protecting the nation's transportation systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Equal Employment for All Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3524
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 

Equal Employment for All Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from furnishing an employer with a consumer credit report containing information on the consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity if the employer intends to use that information for any decision made for employment purposes.
 
An employer may use such a report in either an employment decision or before taking an adverse employment action with the consumer's authorization under certain circumstances. Specifically, a report may be used if the consumer applies for or holds employment that requires eligibility for access to classified information or such use is otherwise required by law.
 
An employer who has sought such a report may neither deny employment to nor make any other employment decision about a consumer because the consumer has not authorized the employer's procurement of the report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Energy Conservation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3525
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 

Hospital Energy Conservation Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to no more than six hospitals during FY2016-FY2017 to carry out energy conservation projects for: (1) significantly improving energy efficiency; and (2) encouraging on-site power generation and energy storage, capable of operating independent of the grid, and providing sufficient on-site emergency backup power for essential hospital functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
CECIL Act

Bill: 114-hr-3526
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Trade restrictions
User charges and fees
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 

Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act
 

or the CECIL Act

 
 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to apply the Act's prohibitions on importing or exporting species listed as threatened or endangered to species proposed to be listed as well.
 
The Government Accountability Office must conduct and submit a report on the results of a study of the effectiveness of trophy hunting in supporting international wildlife conservation efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3527
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 
This bill declares that the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming shall be known and designated as &quot;Devils Tower.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to study the feasibility of constructing an aramid synthetic fiber aqueduct to transport water from Oregon to California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3529
Sponsor: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: California
Government studies and investigations
Oregon
Technology assessment
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall study the feasibility of constructing an aqueduct using aramid synthetic fiber for the purpose of transporting water from Oregon to California. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3530
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2015-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: 

Mandatory Minimum Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate most drug offense mandatory minimum prison terms imposed on a defendant who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
 
Additionally, it eliminates drug offense mandatory minimum prison terms for simple possession, distribution to an individual under age 21 by an individual at least age 18, distribution or manufacture in a school zone, and use of an individual under age 18 to distribute.
 
Finally, the bill requires prior written approval of the Attorney General to prosecute a defendant for certain drug offenses that involve low-level drug quantities (e.g., less than one kilogram of heroin or less than 500 grams of cocaine-based substances).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-16
text: Introduced in House
No Exemptions for EPA Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3531
Sponsor: Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

No Exemptions for EPA Act of 2015

 
This bill removes the government's discretionary function exemption from tort claims in connection with a response under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), thereby allowing claims against the Environmental Protection Agency for damages caused by its response at a hazardous waste cleanup site under CERCLA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Fruit and Vegetable Access for Children Act

Bill: 114-hr-3532
Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

Fruit and Vegetables Access for Children Act

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow federal grant-funded fresh fruit and vegetable programs carried out by states to include canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits and vegetables.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Water System Cost Savings Act

Bill: 114-hr-3533
Sponsor: Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hydrology and hydrography
Rural conditions and development
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

Water System Cost Savings Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture to: (1) update their programs that provide drinking water technical assistance by including information on cost-effective, innovative, and alternative drinking water delivery systems; and (2) disseminate information on the cost effectiveness of alternative drinking water delivery systems, including wells and well systems, to communities and nonprofit organizations seeking federal funding for drinking water systems serving 500 or fewer persons.
 
In applications for a grant or loan from the federal government or a state that is using federal assistance for those drinking water systems, applicants must self-certify that they have considered as an alternative drinking water supply, drinking water delivery systems sourced by publicly owned individual, shared, and community wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
AUDIT Act

Bill: 114-hr-3534
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

Audit U.S. Departments to Insulate Taxpayers Act of 2015 or the AUDIT Act 

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit to Congress within 90 days the required annual report identifying programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities. The report includes the cost of the duplication and recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce the duplication.The GAO must also include with the report a legislative proposal that implements the recommendations. The bill establishes expedited procedures for congressional consideration of legislation based on the report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-17
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: 2015-09-17
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: 2015-09-17
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: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act

Bill: 114-hr-3535
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Department of Education
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Language arts
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: 

 

Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act 

 

 

 

This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require a state to identify, evaluate, and provide special education and related services to children who have visual or hearing disabilities (or both) and also are, or may be, classified in another disability category. A state must ensure that it has enough qualified personnel to serve children who have such disabilities and that a full continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of disabled children for special education and related services.
 

 

 
The individualized education program for each child that is either (or both) visually or hearing impaired must include specified components and must provide the child with instruction that meets the child's unique learning needs. Similarly, the individualized family service plan for an infant or toddler with a hearing disability must include specified components.
 

 

 
A states' closure of a special school serving deaf or blind children shall count as a reduction of its financial support for special education and related services for purposes of the prohibition against reducing state financial support for such services from one fiscal year to the next.
 

 

 
The bill also: (1) authorizes grants for training special education personnel, to be used in preparing individuals to become qualified teachers and early intervention specialists for children with hearing disabilities; and (2) establishes within the Department of Education the Anne Sullivan Macy Center on Visual Disability and Educational Excellence to better support students with visual disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Introduced in House