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American Innovation Act

Bill: 114-hr-1398
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Energy research
Executive agency funding and structure
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

American Innovation Act 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform basic science research. 
 
Adjustments are required for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy Office of Science, Department of Defense science and technology programs, National Institute of Standards and Technology Scientific and Technical Research and Services, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate. 
 
The bill also requires annual appropriations for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated in FY2015. 
 
The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, 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: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, 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: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, 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: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, 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: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Education Empowerment Act

Bill: 114-hr-1399
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
School administration
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Veteran Education Empowerment Act

 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award up to 30 four-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or consortia of IHEs to establish, maintain, and improve Veteran Student Centers.
 
Permits a grantee to use a portion of the grant to provide veteran students with supportive instruction services.
 
Requires a grantee to be an IHE or consortium that: (1) enrolls in undergraduate or graduate courses a significant number or percentage of veterans or members of the Armed Forces, and (2) presents a sustainability plan demonstrating that its Veteran Student Center will be maintained and will continue to operate after the grant ends.
 
Defines a &quot;Veteran Student Center&quot; as a dedicated space on a campus that provides students who are veterans or members of the Armed Forces with: (1) a lounge or meeting space for themselves, their spouses or partners, and veterans in the community; (2) a centralized office for veteran services that is staffed by trained employees and volunteers and serves as a single point of contact to coordinate veterans support services; and (3) comprehensive academic and tutoring services to veterans.
 
Requires that office to provide such students with assistance in:
 
 
transitioning from the military to student life,
 
transitioning from the military to the civilian workforce, 
 
networking with other veteran students and veterans in the community, 
 
understanding and obtaining benefits provided by the IHE and federal and state government for which they may be eligible, 
 
understanding how to succeed in the IHE, and
 
understanding their disability-related rights and protections under specified federal laws.
 
 
Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a website for veteran student services at IHEs, which details best practices for serving veteran students at IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1400
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, with respect to payments to states for medical assistance programs, to reduce from 6% to 5.5% on a graduated basis for 2016-2020 and each subsequent year the indirect guarantee thresholds applied for determining permissible broad-based state or local health care-related provider taxes where a requirement is in effect to hold taxpayers harmless for any portion of the costs of the tax.
 
(Currently the state [or other unit of government] imposing a broad-based health care-related tax or tax on each health care class provides for a direct or indirect non-Medicaid payment to those providers or others paying the tax, which may include an offset or waiver that directly or indirectly guarantees to hold taxpayers harmless for all or any portion of the tax amount. Such taxes are permissible if they are applied at a rate that produces revenues less than or equal to 6% of the revenues received by the taxpayer.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
JOLT Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1401
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Terrorism
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2015 or the JOLT Act of 2015

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit into the United States a qualifying Canadian citizen over 50 years old and spouse for a period not to exceed 240 days (in a single 365-day period) if the person maintains a Canadian residence and owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of such stay. 
 
Revises the secure travel partnership program (the visa waiver program as renamed by this Act) to: (1) authorize DHS to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions.
 
 Expresses the sense of Congress that DHS should, in evaluating countries participating in the secure travel partnership program, give review priority to countries where circumstances indicate that such a review is necessary or desirable. 
 
Directs the Department of State to require U.S. diplomatic and consular missions to: (1) conduct nonimmigrant visa application interviews expeditiously, consistent with national security requirements and in recognition of resource allocation considerations; and (2) set a goal of interviewing 90% of all nonimmigrant visa applicants, worldwide, within 10 days of application receipt. 
 
Directs the State Department to: (1) develop and conduct a pilot program for processing visas using secure remote videoconferencing technology, and (2) seek to coordinate enrollment and interview processes for individuals eligible for both a U.S. visa and enrollment in the Global Entry program.
 
 Requires an alien at the time of application for U.S. entry under the secure travel partnership program to have a valid, unexpired electronic passport that incorporates biometric and document authentication identifiers that comply with internationally accepted practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Point Reyes Coast Guard Housing Conveyance Act

Bill: 114-hr-1402
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Point Reyes Coast Guard Housing Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Coast Guard to convey 32 acres of federal land (including all buildings, structures, utilities, and facilities on the land) known as CAMSPAC Housing in Point Reyes Station to Marin County, California, to be used for affordable housing or to provide a public benefit approved by the County.
 
The property must be sold at fair market value.
 
The Coast Guard may deposit the proceeds in the Coast Guard Housing Fund.
 
The Coast Guard's authority to convey the property expires after four years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Balancing Trade Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1403
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Balancing Trade Act of 2015

 
 Requires the President, if in three consecutive calendar years the United States has a trade deficit with another country of $10 billion or more, to take the necessary steps to create a trading relationship that would eliminate or substantially reduce that trade deficit by entering into an agreement with that country. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Social Security and Marriage Equality Act

Bill: 114-hr-1404
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Social Security and Marriage Equality Act 

 
 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state.
 
Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
RAILS Act

Bill: 114-hr-1405
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Reassuring Adequate Investment in Lifesaving Systems Act or the RAILS Act

 
This bill revises the railroad safety technology grants program. The program shall also provide for advanced communication methods for conveying hazard information between all parties in the transportation chain, spectrum acquisition, multifrequency broadband connectivity equipment, implementation and interoperability testing.
 
The program is extended for FY2015-FY2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 114-hr-1406
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Historical and cultural resources
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
New Mexico
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act

 
 Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells. 
 
Revises the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that may be made available for specified purposes by: 
 
 
 increasing from 2% to 4% the portion of funds that may be used for the survey, recovery, protection, preservation, and display of archaeological resources in the area of a Project facility or conjunctive use well; and 
 
decreasing from 4% to 2% the portion of funds that may be used for purchasing land and constructing and maintaining facilities to mitigate the loss of, and improve conditions for the propagation of, fish and wildlife.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1407
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015

 
Establishes in the legislative branch the Regulatory Improvement Commission. 
 
Requires the Commission to evaluate and makee recommendations and propose legislation for modification, consolidation, or repeal of regulations that have been finalized not later than 10 years before the establishment of the Commission (covered regulations) for the purpose of reducing compliance costs, encouraging growth and innovation, improving competitiveness, and protecting public safety.
 
 Requires the Commission to give priority to covered regulations that: (1) impose disproportionately high costs on a small entity, (2) create substantial recurring paperwork burdens or transaction costs, or (3) could be made more effective while reducing regulatory costs.
 
Sets forth reporting requirements for the Commission and procedures for congressional consideration of Commission reports and recommendations and proposed legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-17
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: 2015-03-17
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: 2015-03-17
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: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Open Internet Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1409
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Open Internet Act of 2015

 
Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt the rules adopted on December 21, 2010, in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices. Requires the FCC to restore portions of such rules that were vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 
Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission
 (decided on January 14, 2014).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to require the implementation of a data quality improvement plan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1410
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 
This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the plan developed by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to improve the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts in the federal procurement data system.
 
By the first day of FY2017 the Administrator must implement this plan and, if not, then until it is implemented the Administrator may not exercise the authority to award limited SBA guaranteed loans for any fiscal year as part of certain SBA-administered pilot programs.
 
By the first day of FY2018 the Comptroller General must initiate a study on the plan's effectiveness, assessing whether contracts were accurately labeled as bundled or consolidated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
ENRICH Act

Bill: 114-hr-1411
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2015-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: 

Expanding Nutrition's Role in Curricula and Healthcare Act or the ENRICH Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a program of three-year competitive grants to accredited medical schools for the development or expansion of an integrated nutrition and physical activity curriculum.
 
The curriculum must: (1) be designed to improve communication and provider preparedness in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer; and (2) address additional topics regarding individuals in at-risk populations, as practicable, including physical activity and training programs, food insecurity, and malnutrition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Introduced in House