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Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish a memorial headstone or marker for an eligible individual whose remains are identified and available but whose gravesite's location is unknown.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7167)
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
DISTANCE Act

Bill: 114-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 
 
Diversity in Science Technology and Nurturing Capable Educators Act or the DISTANCE Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive merit-based scholarships to students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with concurrent certification as kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school teachers.
 
It requires scholarship recipients to work for at least five academic years as a full-time STEM teacher at a public or private kindergarten or elementary or secondary school during the seven-year period beginning within one year after they complete their studies.
 
It awards scholarships for one academic year of study at a time, but makes them renewable on an annual basis if their recipients meet certain measures of academic progress.
 
Scholarship recipients may enter into agreements with ED that provide them with a bonus in exchange for performing their service in a high-need local educational agency for a period equivalent to the period for which they receive the bonus.
 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize ED to award competitive matching grants to up to 50 institutions of higher education to establish, strengthen, and operate four-year undergraduate degree programs that enable students to concurrently: (1) earn a STEM bachelor's degree; and (2) be certified to teach kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school.
 
It awards those grants one fiscal year at a time, but makes them renewable on an annual basis for up to five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Young Adults Driving Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3792
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Licensing and registrations
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Unemployment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Young Adults Driving Safety Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to award competitive grants of up to $100,000 to non-profit organizations, tribal governments, or educational institutions to develop model programs to assist young adults with obtaining or regaining driver's licenses.
 
A recipient may use grant funds to:
 
 
conduct a comprehensive assessment of the driver's licensing status of young adults in the neighborhoods to be served; 
 
 develop and implement strategies to address licensing deficits and barriers faced by young adults and disconnected youth (low-income young adults who are homeless, are in foster care, have come into contact with the juvenile justice or criminal justice system, are not employed and not enrolled in school, or are at risk of dropping out of an educational institution) in obtaining a driver's license;
 
 study the impact of state and local driver's license suspensions and revocation policies on young adults in the areas to be served; 
 
 identify potential sources of funding for high school driver's education programs; 
 
 develop innovative and cost-effective strategies for preparing young adults for legal driving; and
 
 evaluate the effectiveness of the funded grant activities in achieving the program goals.
 
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall give priority to entities proposing programs to assist low-income young adults with obtaining or regaining driver's licenses.
 
Statewide efforts to improve traffic safety for teen drivers, for which states may use DOT-approved highway safety program funds, shall include peer-to-peer education and prevention strategies in schools and communities designed to support teen driving education and driving skills improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1607-1608)
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3793
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Mental health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015

 
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include LGBT individuals (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals) within the purview of such Act, particularly their status as LGBT individuals among those with the greatest social need.
 
Authorizes the Administration of Aging to: (1) designate within it a person with responsibility for addressing issues affecting LGBT older individuals; (2) conduct studies and collect data to determine the services needed by LGBT older individuals; and (3) establish and operate the National Resource Center on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Aging.
 
Revises the list of activities of national significance for families and other caregivers, for which the Administration's grants may be used, to specify those provided to individuals with greatest social need which: (1) address physical and mental health, disabilities, and health disparities; (2) provide long-term care, including in-home and community-based care; (3) provide informal care and formal care in a facility setting; (4) provide access to culturally responsive health and human services; and (5) address other gaps in assistance and issues of particular importance to older individuals with the greatest social need.
 
Requires a State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to collect and analyze discrimination data with respect to LGBT older individuals in the admission to, transfer or discharge from, or lack of adequate care provided in long-term care settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Nonprofit Property Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-3794
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Insurance industry and regulation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Nonprofit Property Protection Act

 
This bill:
 
 
amends the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 to rename it the Risk Retention Act of 1986; and 
 
exclude from &quot;commercial insurance&quot; covered by the Act any health, life, or disability insurance or workers compensation insurance or express contractual obligations owed to a consumer as a result of a personal, family, or household transaction, where the consumer pays a separate consideration for the express contractual obligation. 
 
 
The bill expands the kinds of state laws pertaining to business insurance from which a risk retention group shall be exempt to include laws pertaining to other lines of commercial insurance offered by a risk retention group to an entity organized and operated exclusively as a federal tax-exempt nonprofit charitable or educational institution, as long as the group meets specified criteria. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Charter School Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3795
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Charter School Accountability Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the charter school grant program, through which states receive formula-based grants, with a competitive grant program.
 
The Department of Education (ED) shall award grants to: (1) support the start up of charter schools that have been thoroughly vetted for quality and local impact, and (2) replicate or expand high-quality charter schools.
 
To be eligible to receive grant funding, a state must:
 
 
have legally binding rules related to fiduciary duties and conflicts of interest of charter school officers, directors, managers, and employees; 
 
require all charter schools to annually conduct and publicly disclose independent audits; 
 
provide that charter schools are covered by the state's open meetings and open records laws to the same extent as public schools are covered by those laws; 
 
have policies in effect that hold charter school authorizers accountable for monitoring a charter school's educational performance and financial operations; and 
 
require a charter school to make certain public disclosures related to its operation and funding. 

 
The bill also revises the per-pupil facilities aid program, through which ED makes competitive matching grants to states to provide per-pupil financing to charter schools for facility acquisition, construction, and renovation. Specifically, a state may: (1) partner with one or more organizations to provide up to half of the state share of program funding, and (2) receive more than one program grant under specified circumstances.
 
ED must conduct specified national activities, including awarding competitive grants directly to charter school developers in states that have not applied for or received charter school grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Home Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3796
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Housing and community development funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: 

Nursing Home Accountability Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the National Housing Act to condition a nursing home's eligibility for a Section 232 loan upon its quality rating. (A Section 232 loan is insured by the Federal Housing Administration and may be used to finance or refinance the purchase, construction, or renovation of a nursing home or assisted living facility.)
 
A nursing home becomes ineligible for a Section 232 loan if, for any period of 30 or more consecutive months, the home achieves two or fewer stars under the five-star quality rating system established pursuant to the Social Security Act for purposes of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. However, a nursing home's eligibility shall be renewed if the home subsequently maintains a rating of three or more stars for a period of at least 30 consecutive months.
 
The bill does not affect existing mortgages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Due Process Restoration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3798
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Due Process Restoration Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize a person who is a party to an administrative proceeding brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under a securities law, and against whom an order imposing a cease and desist order and a penalty may be issued at the conclusion of the proceeding, to require the SEC to terminate the proceeding. If a person requires the SEC to terminate a proceeding, the SEC may bring a civil action against that person for the same remedy that might have been imposed.
 
A legal or equitable remedy may be imposed on a person against whom an administrative proceeding was brought only upon a showing by the SEC of clear and convincing evidence that the person has violated the relevant provision of law.

action_date: 2016-07-21
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Due Process Restoration Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize a person who is a party to an administrative proceeding brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under a securities law, and against whom an order imposing a cease and desist order and a penalty may be issued at the conclusion of the proceeding, to require the SEC to terminate the proceeding. If a person requires the SEC to terminate a proceeding, the SEC may bring a civil action against that person for the same remedy that might have been imposed.
 
A legal or equitable remedy may be imposed on a person against whom an administrative proceeding was brought only upon a showing by the SEC of clear and convincing evidence that the person has violated the relevant provision of law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 539.
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-697.
action_date: 2016-07-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-697.
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 25.
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-12-02
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Hearing Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3799
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Hearing Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person who pays a tax on a silencer after October 22, 2015 may receive a refund of such tax. 
 
The bill amends the federal criminal code to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Nutrition Education Act

Bill: 114-hr-3800
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Nutrition Education Act

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a local educational agency that participates in a school lunch or breakfast program to require each student to receive 50 hours of nutrition education per school year. Such instruction must be consistent with applicable school meal program requirements as well as meet certain other standards with respect to content and delivery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building".

Bill: 114-hr-3801
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 
This bill designates the federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia (commonly known as the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building) as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1512)
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act

Bill: 114-hr-3802
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2015-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: 

Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to deem an application received on or after August 1, 2011, to exempt a projectile from classification as armor piercing ammunition to be approved if the Department of Justice (DOJ) does not disapprove it within 60 days after the later of the date the application is received or the date of this bill's enactment.
 
DOJ shall provide an applicant with detailed findings of fact and the reasons for disapproving an application.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Introduced in House