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International Conflicts of Concern Act

Bill: 114-hr-1929
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Syria
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

International Conflicts of Concern Act

 
Directs the President to identify to Congress each country whose government is, and each country in which anti-government forces are, allowing one or more foreign terrorist organizations to engage in armed conflict occurring in that country.
 
Directs the President to designate a country as a &quot;country of conflict concern&quot; if: (1) its government or anti-government forces in the country are allowing one or more foreign terrorist organizations to engage in armed conflict in it, and (2) it is in the U.S. national security to restrict travel by any U.S. national to the country and restrict material support by U.S. nationals of entities engaged in armed conflict in it. Terminates such a designation when the President certifies to Congress that either or both of these circumstances no longer apply.
 
Deems Syria to be a country of conflict concern.
 
Directs the President, with respect to a country of conflict concern, to require a U.S. national to obtain a license to: (1) travel to it, or (2) provide material support to entities engaged in armed conflict in it. Applies specified penalties to a person who violates such requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
American Land Act

Bill: 114-hr-1931
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Land transfers
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

American Land Act

 
 Authorizes the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, for each of FY2016-FY2021, to offer for competitive sale by auction to eligible entities 8% of the federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 8% of the National Forest System land. Includes as an "eligible entity": (1) a U.S. citizen, or (2) a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States. 
 
Requires the land to be sold to: (1) be configured to maximize marketability or achieve management objectives, and (2) include the mineral rights for not more than 50% of the total acreage if such inclusion is likely to maximize marketability. 
 
Requires proceeds to be deposited into the Highway Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to allow employers a grace period to abate certain occupational health and safety violations before being subject to a penalty under such Act.

Bill: 114-hr-1932
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 
This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit the assessment of penalties against employers for non-willful, unrepeated, or non-serious violations of occupational safety and health standards during the time period fixed for abatement of such a violation in any citation or final order. Furthermore, no penalty shall be assessed for a violation if it shall be abated by the employer in accordance with the citation or order before the end of that period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
End Racial Profiling Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1933
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Customs enforcement
Department of Justice
Government information and archives
Government liability
Law enforcement administration and funding
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

End Racial Profiling Act of 2015

 
 Prohibits any law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. Grants the United States or an individual injured by racial profiling the right to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief.
 
Requires federal law enforcement agencies to maintain adequate policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling and to cease existing practices that permit racial profiling.
 
Requires state or local governmental entities or state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies that apply for grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program and the Cops on the Beat Program to certify that they maintain adequate policies and procedures for eliminating racial profiling and have eliminated any existing practices that permit or encourage racial profiling. 
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants and contracts for the collection of data relating to racial profiling and for the development of best practices and systems to eliminate racial profiling. Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data on racial profiling and for the implementation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E557)
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1934
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Health care quality
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the 10th Amendment Act

Bill: 114-hr-1935
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Federal district courts
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Restoring the 10th Amendment Act
 
 
 Authorizes a designated state official to submit to the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the constitutionality of the rule under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. 
 
Directs the agency head: (1) to notify the designated official of each state within 15 days after such a brief was submitted; (2) to post prominently on the front page of the agency's website a link to the brief; and (3) within 15 days after posting such link, to certify in writing that such rulemaking does not violate the Tenth Amendment and post the certification prominently on the agency's website next to the briefs pertaining to the rule, unless the agency determines not to finalize such proposed rule.
 
Authorizes a designated state official, at any time after an agency head posts such a certification, to commence a civil action against the agency on the grounds that the rule violates the Tenth Amendment. Permits such state official, in addition to any other venue or jurisdiction provided by law, to bring such action in the U.S. district court for the district in which the official's place of business is located. 
 
Directs the appropriate U.S. court of appeals, upon the filing of a notice by a designated state official, to grant expedited review of a decision by the district court in such an action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act

Bill: 114-hr-1936
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability assistance
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health information and medical records
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act

 
This bill amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from considering (except for good cause) any medical evidence with respect to whether an individual is under a disability which is furnished by: (1) any individual convicted of a felony relating to Medicare fraud, (2) any individual or entity excluded from participation in any federal health care program, and (3) any person with respect to whom a civil monetary penalty or assessment has been imposed for the submission of false evidence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Inspectors General Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1938
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Inspectors General Transparency Act of 2015

 
Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require an Inspector General who issues a work product in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities to submit such work product to: (1) the head of each establishment reviewed in the work product, (2) the House Committees on Appropriations and Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; (3) the congressional committees of jurisdiction, (4) any individual or entity who initiated a request for such work product, and (5) any Member of Congress, upon request. Requires the posting of such work product on the website of the Office of Inspector General not later than three days after such work product is submitted in final form to the head of the establishment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
NADA Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1939
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Hunting and fishing
Military operations and strategy
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

No Armed Drones Act of 2015 or the NADA Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to prohibit the Department of Transportation (DOT) from authorizing any person to operate an unmanned aircraft system (drone) in the national airspace system as a weapon or to deliver a weapon against a person or property. 
 
Permits DOT to establish exceptions to the prohibition for: 
 
 
private drones for recreational hunting and animal control, and
 
public drones for operations conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Defense, and certain governmental entities for national defense or in response to terrorism.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1940
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that provisions of such Act related to marihuana shall not apply to any person acting in compliance with state laws relating to the production, possession, distribution, dispensation, administration, or delivery of marijuana.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2459, H2461-2462)
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1942
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Mammals
Meat
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2015

 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem equine (horses and other members of the equidae family) parts to be an unsafe food additive or animal drug. 
 
 Prohibits the knowing sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for purposes of human consumption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
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: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1943
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judges
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2015

 
Requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Green 301 Act

Bill: 114-hr-1946
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
International law and treaties
Land use and conservation
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: 

Trade and Environment Enforcement Act or the Green 301 Act

 
 Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to take certain discretionary trade action against foreign countries that engage in unreasonable acts, policies, or practices that fail to enforce their environmental laws effectively. 
 
Directs the USTR to identify foreign country trade practices that affect negatively the environment of the United States, the foreign country, a third country, or internationally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E555)
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Introduced in House