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Workplace Democracy Act

Bill: 114-hr-3690
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: 

Workplace Democracy Act

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify without an election an individual or labor organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining if a majority of the employees has signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in a properly filed petition as their bargaining representative and no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit.
 
The NLRB shall develop guidelines and procedures for the designation by employees of a bargaining representative.
 
Deadlines are prescribed for critical turns in collective bargaining to establish an initial agreement upon the request of an individual or labor organization that has been newly organized or certified as a representative. The first meeting shall convene within 10 days after the employer receives a request. Either party to a negotiation may, 90 days after commencement, notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service of the existence of a dispute and request mediation. The Service shall refer the dispute to an arbitration board if the parties are not brought to agreement within 30 days after the request for mediation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Introduced in House
IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3693
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Iran
Middle East
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: 

IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on:
 
 
whether Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) meets the requirements for designation as a terrorist entity, 
 
whether an entity whose board of directors is controlled by members of the IRGC or by representatives of entities controlled by members of the IRGC is considered to be an entity controlled by the government of Iran, and
 
factors used to determine control and a controlling interest. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3696
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prevent 2016 increases to Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles for enrollees, and (2) authorize federal funding to offset the corresponding reduction in aggregate monthly premiums.
 
Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually determine the monthly actuarial rate upon which Part B premiums and deductibles are based. The bill temporarily freezes that rate at the 2015 level for enrollees, effectively preventing increases to premiums and deductibles for those enrollees in 2016. (Current law already protects Part B enrollees whose benefits are deducted from their Social Security benefits from premium increases that would result in a smaller Social Security check.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6921)
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-07
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: 2015-10-07
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: 2015-10-07
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: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Section 3 Modernization and Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3697
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Employment and training programs
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

Section 3 Modernization and Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to revise the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program for economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons.
 
Public and Indian housing agencies that receive HUD development assistance, operating assistance, or modernization grants provided under the program (recipients) must report annually to HUD on their compliance with employment and contracting requirements and on the performance of their contractors and subcontractors.
 
HUD must develop and implement policies and procedures for imposing a series of administrative sanctions, graduated in severity, on recipients and their contractors and subcontractors for noncompliance with this Act or the program's requirements.
 
The HUD rental assistance program is exempted from requirements that:
 
 
 opportunities for training and employment in connection with a housing rehabilitation, housing construction, or other public construction project be given to low- and very low-income persons residing within the metropolitan area (or nonmetropolitan county) in which the project is located; and
 
contracts awarded for work in connection with such projects be given to businesses providing economic opportunities for such persons in those areas in which the assistance is expended.
 
 
HUD shall require that public housing agencies (PHAs) and owners of multifamily properties assisted under the rental assistance program, and their contractors and subcontractors, make their best efforts to give low- and very low-income persons all the training and employment opportunities generated by or in such properties, including opportunities: (1) not involving property construction or rehabilitation; and (2) generated by assistance provided under the program.
 
HUD must also require that such PHAs and owners award work contracts in connection with these properties to businesses that provide economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3698
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015

 
Amends citizenship and residency qualifications for enlistment in the armed forces to permit enlistment of additional persons who: (1) have resided continuously in a lawful status in the United States for at least two years, or (2) possess an employment authorization document issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under requirements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy entitled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
 
 Requires authorized enlistees who are not citizens or other nationals of the United States or lawfully admitted for permanent residence to be adjusted to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under an exception to specified provisions of Immigration and Nationality Act. (Such enlistees need not establish that they entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972, or comply with other specified requirements.)
 
Directs DHS to rescind such adjusted status if the person is separated from the armed forces under other than honorable conditions before the person served for a period or periods aggregating five years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Judgement Fund Taxpayer Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-3699
Sponsor: Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government liability

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

Judgment Fund Taxpayer Accountability Act 

 
This bill requires the Financial Management Service, by January 1 of each year, to report the following information to Congress with respect to payments by federal agencies for judgments, awards, and compromise settlements against the United States: (1) the total amount paid in reimbursement by the agency for such payments during the preceding fiscal year, (2) the total amount still due from the agency in reimbursement, and (3) the name of the plaintiff or claimant to whom a payment was made from agency funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7193-7194)
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
1099 Filing Simplification Act

Bill: 114-hr-3701
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

1099 Filing Simplification Act

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide taxpayers with online access to IRS resources and guidance that will allow them to: (1) prepare and file (in batches of not more than 50) Forms 1099, (2) prepare Forms 1099 for distribution to recipients other than the IRS, and (3) create and maintain necessary taxpayer records. The online resources and guidance must be available within one year after the enactment of this Act specifically to help taxpayers prepare and file Forms 1099-MISC. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Smithsonian Collections Space Authorization Act

Bill: 114-hr-3702
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Maryland
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

Smithsonian Collections Space Authorization Act

 
This bill authorizes the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct additional storage space for collections storage modules and hangar additions to the National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, and additional storage and laboratory space at the Museum Support Center at the Suitland Collections Center in Suitland, Maryland, to accommodate the care, preservation, conservation, deposit, and study of national collections held in trust. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Investing in 21st Century Schools Act

Bill: 114-hr-3703
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

Investing in 21st Century Schools Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified zone academy bonds, to: (1) extend through 2016 the national limitation amount for such bonds, and (2) reduce from 10% to 5% of bond proceeds the required contribution amount for private businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity can accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3704
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to deem mortgage appraisal services donated by a fee appraiser to an organization eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions to be customary and reasonable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3705
Sponsor: Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
National Credit Union Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2015

 
 Requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the National Credit Union Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, before issuing a regulation or order, to assess other federal regulations and orders to determine whether: (1) the agency's proposal is in conflict with, inconsistent with, or duplicative of such regulations or orders; and (2) such other federal regulations or orders are outdated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3706
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2015-10-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Nutrition and diet
Public-private cooperation
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: 

Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the President to: 
 
 
establish a five-year strategy to achieve, with target countries and donors, the goal of ending preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally and ensure healthy and productive lives within a generation; and 
 
provide assistance to implement the strategy.
 
 
The President shall designate a current U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee serving in the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy Assistant Administrator or higher to serve concurrently as the Maternal and Child Survival Coordinator, who shall be responsible for: 
 
 
overseeing such strategy, and 
 
all U.S. government funds appropriated or used for international maternal and child health and nutrition programs. 
 
 
The U.S. government, through USAID and other relevant executive branch agencies, should identify and remove financial barriers to strengthen access to delivery systems for vulnerable and marginalized populations by leveraging public and private capital to expand delivery of interventions for maternal, newborn, and child health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Introduced in House