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To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces.

Bill: 114-hr-1575
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Mental health
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 
Makes permanent the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out, through the Readjustment Counseling Service of the Veterans Health Administration, a program to provide reintegration and readjustment services in group retreat settings to women veterans who are recently separated from service after a prolonged deployment. (Currently, such program is required as a pilot program under the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010.)

action_date: 2015-11-02
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill makes permanent the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out, through the Readjustment Counseling Service of the Veterans Health Administration, a program to provide reintegration and readjustment services in group retreat settings to women veterans who are recently separated from service after a prolonged deployment. (Currently, such program is required as a pilot program under the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010.)
 
 Such services shall include: 
 
 
information on family, employment, and community reintegration; 
 
financial and occupational counseling; and 
 
information and counseling on stress reduction and conflict resolution. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 242.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-319.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-319.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Generic Complex Drugs Safety and Effectiveness for Patients Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1576
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government studies and investigations
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Generic Complex Drugs Safety and Effectiveness for Patients Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study whether generic versions of certain complex drugs or certain biological drugs face significantly different challenges in meeting the approval standards of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) than generic versions of small-molecule drugs. (Complex drugs and biological drugs can be composed of large molecules that are more difficult to fully characterize than small molecules, so it can be more difficult to demonstrate that generic versions of these drugs are the same as the brand name versions.)
 If the GAO determines that these generic drugs face significantly different challenges, then the GAO must also determine: (1) the evidence that should be required to demonstrate that one of these generic drugs is sufficiently similar to the brand name drug in safety, composition, and activity; (2) whether the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act should be amended to address the approval of these generic drugs; and (3) whether the FDA should develop a policy document on the evidence that is necessary to obtain approval of these generic drugs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1577
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Freedom of information
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2015

 
 Requires either the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to be considered an agency subject to the public information disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act during any period in which such entity is under conservatorship or receivership.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Commission Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1578
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Social Security Commission Act of 2015 

 
 Establishes in the legislative branch the Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency to make recommendations to Congress, including proposed legislation, for achieving solvency in the Social Security trust funds for a period of at least 75 years.
 
Requires expedited consideration of any proposed legislation approving Commission recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
United States-Caribbean Partnership Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1579
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Antigua and Barbuda
Caribbean area
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Dominica
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Latin America
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

United States-Caribbean Partnership Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of State to establish U.S. embassies with consular services in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to: (1) provide consular services to citizens of these countries and U.S. citizens living in or traveling to these countries, and (2) engage in direct diplomacy with appropriate government counterparts of these countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E391-392)
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Farmer Flexibility Act

Bill: 114-hr-1580
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Atmospheric science and weather
Grain

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Farmer Flexibility Act 

 
This bill extends the final planting date established by the Risk Management Agency for certain federal crop insurance policies covering grain sorghum. To account for extreme weather conditions, the final planting date for policies with an existing date of April 5, 2015, is extended to April 26, 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
VETS Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1581
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Veterans Education Tax Security Act of 2015 or the VETS Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of a veteran with a service-connected disability rated as total, or from the gross income of a parent or cosigner of a deceased veteran, income imputed from the discharge of student loan amounts under the Higher Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1856)
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act

Bill: 114-hr-1582
Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act 

 
This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to permit states to allow qualified (tax-exempt) organizations, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements using funds provided to the state under the Forest Legacy Program. The qualified organizations must be organized for specified conservation purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Contractor's Clarification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1583
Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Economic development
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Small Business Contractor's Clarification Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise the federal procurement requirements of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) with respect to small business contracts for articles, equipment, supplies, services or materials, or to perform construction work for the government.
 
The permission to submit an offer for a procurement contract, even though the offeror is not the actual manufacturer or processor of the product in question, is extended to additional kinds of small businesses, including: 
 
 
 women-owned small businesses;
 
HUBZone small businesses, and
 
small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
 
 
Contracts whose principal purpose is acquisition of services or construction are exempt from this Act.
 
Limitations on SBA subcontracting are revised to require contracts that are principally for supplies from a regular dealer in such supplies, and that are not contracts principally for services or construction, to supply the product of a domestic small business manufacturer or processor, unless a waiver is granted by the Administrator under specified conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
CARDER Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1584
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Consumer credit
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Cybercrime Anti-Resale Deterrent and Extraterritoriality Revision Act of 2015 or the CARDER Act of 2015 

 
Amends the federal criminal code to extend extraterritorially the application of penalties for fraud offenses involving an access device issued, owned, managed, or controlled by a financial institution, account issuer, credit card system member, or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or any U.S. state or territory. (An access device is any card, code, electronic serial number, telecommunications service, or other means of account access that can be used to initiate a transfer of funds or to obtain money, goods, or services.) Removes a condition under current law that subjects a person to such penalties only if the underlying articles, property, or proceeds are held within or have transferred through U.S. jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-11-30
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1585
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act

Bill: 114-hr-1588
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it a crime to: (1) transmit to another person the location, movement, or activities of law enforcement agents while intending to further a federal crime relating to U.S. immigration; and (2) destroy, alter, or damage any physical or electronic device used by the federal government to control the border or any port of entry.
 
 Subjects a violator to fine, up to 10 years' imprisonment, or both.
 
Prohibits the carrying or use of a firearm in an alien smuggling crime.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill: 114-hr-1589
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Executive agency funding and structure
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from using any funds to make a determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat (myotis septentrionalis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Interior proposed in October 2013 to list the northern long-eared bat as endangered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Integrated Electronic Health Records (iEHR) for Military and Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-1590
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Intellectual property
Military medicine
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 
Integrated Electronic Health Records (iEHR) for Military and Veterans Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly carry out a program to award a cash prize ($50 million) and contract to an entity that develops a fully-integrated electronic health records program for national use by DOD and VA. Directs the Secretaries to: (1) widely advertise the prize competitions and announce each one in the Federal Register, and (2) create a joint panel to establish criteria for the program's development.
 
 Requires the prize recipient to be awarded a contract with DOD and VA to provide the program, including maintenance and support, and to be compensated at $25 million per year for five years. Reverts to the federal government, after such period, any intellectual property developed under the contract.
 
Authorizes the Secretaries to require competition participants to waive claims against the federal government (except for willful conduct) arising from such participation. Requires participants to obtain liability insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1591
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2015-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 

Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2015 

 
This bill requires the President to submit annual department and agency budgets that include: 
 
 
a description of each activity for which funds were appropriated during the current year or are requested for the budget year; 
 
the legal basis for each activity; 
 
three alternative funding levels and the priorities that could be accomplished with each, including at least two levels that are below the current funding level; and 
 
measures of cost efficiency and effectiveness for each activity. 
 
 
The Office of Management and Budget must publish guidelines to carry out this bill by assuming the baseline budget of each department or agency to be zero and requiring each proposed expenditure to be justified as if it were new. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Introduced in House