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To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award grants to State and local educational agencies for the establishment, improvement, and expansion of world language education programs.

Bill: 114-hr-3096
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive, three-year grants to states or local educational agencies (LEAs) for the establishment, improvement, and expansion of innovative model programs in world language education for elementary and secondary school students. Of the funds made available for this purpose, at least 75% must be used to expand world language learning in the elementary grades. ED may reserve up to 5% of funds made available for one fiscal year to evaluate the efficacy of assisted programs.
 
In general, the federal share of the cost of such programs shall be 50% for each fiscal year. However, ED may determine the federal share for any LEA that is determined to have inadequate resources to pay the nonfederal share of program costs. 
 
ED must give special consideration to grant applications describing programs that: (1) include intensive summer programs for professional development of world language teachers; (2) promote sequential learning, two-way language learning, and innovative activities; (3) make effective use of technology; and (4) are carried out through a consortium comprised of the grant recipient and an elementary or secondary school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Commemorative Coins Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3097
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Executive agency funding and structure
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Commemorative Coins Reform Act of 2015

 
 This bill prohibits surcharges generated by the sale of any numismatic item or commemorative coin program from being paid to a non-federal organization, except with respect to sales and production costs. 
 
Surcharges must be used to recover all numismatic operation and program costs allocable to the program under which a numismatic item is produced and sold.
 
Any excess surcharges must be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3098
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Industrial facilities
Public transit
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing Act of 2015

 
Directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish the Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing Program, under which HUD may guarantee the repayment of loans made by lenders to local governments, local redevelopment agencies, or Base Realignment and Closure Commission redevelopment projects to carry out projects for redeveloping brownfields and promoting urban renewal.
 
Requires such an entity, in order to receive such a loan guarantee, to submit: (1) a master plan that describes the proposed brownfield redevelopment project, demonstrates that such project will result in major redevelopment, provides evidence of investment commitments from non-federal entities, and includes a remediation action plan approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and (2) a certification from EPA that the brownfield to be redeveloped requires environmental remediation. Prohibits an entity from: (1) receiving a loan guarantee if it was responsible for contaminating the brownfield to be redeveloped, or (2) having more than one outstanding loan that is guaranteed under the Program. 
 
Sets forth requirements regarding an eligible loan's principal amount, interest rate, duration, and repayment terms. Directs HUD to establish criteria for selecting entities to receive loan guarantees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
RAISE Family Caregivers Act

Bill: 114-hr-3099
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Disability and paralysis
Family services
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregivers Act of 2015 or the RAISE Family Caregivers Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop, maintain, and periodically update a National Family Caregiving Strategy.
 
 HHS shall convene a Family Caregiving Advisory Council to advise it on recognizing and supporting family caregivers.
 
Federal departments and agencies must share with HHS any data they maintain that HHS needs to prepare the initial and updated Strategies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3100
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services or any state from requiring a health care provider, as a condition of the provider's licensure, to participate in a health plan or comply with requirements for meaningful use of electronic health records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
POW Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-3101
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

POW Accountability Act
 
 
Requires: (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to review the VA POW list and the Department of Defense POW list to identify any discrepancies in them, and (2) the VA Inspector General to review the process by which the VA determines that a veteran is a former prisoner of war.
 
Requires the VA to report to Congress on the VA POW list, including information on such discrepancies and the results of the Inspector General's review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3103
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Licensing and registrations
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015

 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program under which a wireless carrier receiving a license under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 may partition or disaggregate the license in order to make unused spectrum available to small carriers or carriers to serve certain rural areas.
 
Defines "small carrier" as a carrier with not more than 1,500 employees as calculated under regulatory standards used by the Small Business Administration to determine the number of individuals employed by a business concern on a full-time, part-time, or other basis.
 
Provides carriers receiving such licenses and participating in the program with a three-year extension of licenses granted under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
America's Energy Security Trust Fund Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3104
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Employment taxes
Energy research
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
International law and treaties
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

America's Energy Security Trust Fund Act of 2015

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax, beginning in calendar year 2016, on any taxable carbon substance sold by its manufacturer, producer, or importer. Defines "taxable carbon substance" as: (1) coal (including lignite and peat); (2) petroleum and any petroleum products; and (3) natural gas that is extracted, manufactured, or produced in the United States, or entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the America's Energy Security Trust Fund to assist industries negatively affected by this Act, make transfers to the Highway Trust Fund to cover shortfalls, and provide payroll tax relief. 
 
Allows individual taxpayers a tax credit equal to carbon tax rebate amounts calculated by the Department of the Treasury.
 
Directs Treasury to study and report to Congress on the best methods to assess and collect taxes on non-carbon greenhouse gases.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should establish binding agreements with major greenhouse gas emitting nations to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3105
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to change provisions that refer to married couples to make such provisions equally applicable to legally married same sex couples. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Belarus Democracy and Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3107
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Belarus
Congressional oversight
Europe
Foreign property
Human rights
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Belarus Democracy and Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2015

 
This bill requires that all U.S.-imposed sanctions with respect to Belarus remain in effect until the President certifies to Congress that the government of Belarus has met specified conditions under the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004. 
 
The President shall include the Joint Stock Company Belaruskali and the Joint Stock Company Belarusian Potash Company on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3109
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2015

 
 This bill cites circumstances under which, for purposes of determining capital requirements or measuring an insured depository institution's capital, such an institution may treat a non-accrual loan as an accrual loan.
 
(Non-accrual [also known as non-performing or doubtful] loans are those on which interest is overdue and full collection of principal is uncertain, and so interest, if it has not been paid in over 90 days, cannot be credited to the bank's revenue account until it has actually been received.)
 
An insured depository institution may treat a non-accrual loan as an accrual loan if: (1) the loan is current, (2) no monthly payment has been more than 30 days delinquent during the previous 6-month period, and (3) loan payments are being made pursuant to the contract terms and all parties agree to any refinances and modifications.
 
A modified or restructured loan may not be treated as a non-accrual loan if the borrower demonstrates the ability to perform on such a loan: (1) over a period of 6 months; or (2) over a period of 3 consecutive payments in the case of a quarterly, semi-annual, or longer repayment schedule.
 
The appropriate federal banking agency is prohibitted from: (1) imposing any additional accounting requirements upon an insured depository institution with respect to a loan treated as an accrual loan under this Act if the result of such requirement would adversely impact measurement of the institution's capital, or (2) requiring an insured depository institution to treat a loan as a non-accrual loan solely because the loan collateral has reduced in value.
 
Any issuer of a security registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is excluded from the accounting requirements and prohibitions of this Act.
 
The Financial Stability Oversight Council must study how best to prevent the issuance of contradictory guidance to such institutions by federal banking agencies with respect to loan classifications and capital requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
DRIVE Act

Bill: 114-hr-3111
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Domestic Reduction In Vehicle Expenditure Act or the DRIVE Act

 
Requires the Office of Management and Budget to determine: (1) the total number of civilian vehicles purchased and leased by each executive agency in FY2010, (2) the total dollar amount obligated by each executive agency to purchase and to lease civilian vehicles in FY2010, and (3) the amount that would be 20% less than such total dollar amount. Prohibits each executive agency from obligating more than the reduced dollar amount for FY2010 to purchase and lease civilian vehicles in each of FY2016-FY2020. Exempts the purchase or procurement of any vehicle determined by the President to be essential for reasons of national security.
 
Requires the General Services Administration to ensure that agencies may share excess or unused vehicles for temporary or long-term use through the Federal Fleet Management System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Be Open Act

Bill: 114-hr-3112
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Better Enrollment Options Protect Employee Needs Act or the Be Open Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal the requirement that employers with more than 200 full-time employees that offer enrollment in one or more health benefits plans automatically enroll all new full-time employees in one of those plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3113
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Electric power generation and transmission
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015 

 
Prohibits the appropriation of funds, or the obligation or expenditure of funds by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for any VA alternative energy generation project unless the funds for such project have been specifically authorized by law.
 
Directs the VA to transfer all unobligated funds that were appropriated to it before this Act's enactment for an alternative energy generation project to the VA's account funding veterans' medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in House