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State Marihuana And Regulatory Tolerance Enforcement Act

Bill: 114-hr-3746
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

State Marihuana And Regulatory Tolerance Enforcement Act

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit federal enforcement of marijuana offenses in a state that: (1) requests a waiver from the Department of Justice (DOJ) certifying that it legalized marijuana; (2) demonstrates a regulatory scheme sufficient to protect federal interests (e.g., preventing marijuana distribution to minors); and (3) agrees to study and report on certain outcomes.
 
DOJ may revoke the waiver of a state that fails to meets the conditions.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-09
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: 2015-10-09
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: 2015-10-09
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: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3747
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Debt collection
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2015

 
This bill limits the amount offset (i.e., withheld) from an individual's Social Security benefit payments to repay a defaulted federal student loan to the amount by which such Social Security benefit payments exceed $9,000 annually (i.e., $750 monthly), adjusted for inflation. 

 
Currently, the federal government may offset certain Social Security, railroad retirement, or black lung benefit payments to repay an individual's nontax federal debts, but the amount offset is limited to the amount of federal benefit payments that exceeds $9,000 annually, unadjusted for inflation. 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3748
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2015

 
 This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. The carbon score is the projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from: (1) enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution, and (2) the appropriation of any amounts authorized in the legislation. 
 
The CBO must include the carbon score in cost estimates for reported legislation that are submitted to congressional committees pursuant to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Responder Radio Communications Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3749
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Emergency communications systems

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 
 
Emergency Responder Radio Communications Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly: (1) interfere with a radio frequency used by emergency response providers in their official capacity; or (2) obstruct, hinder, or delay a transmission over any such frequency. 
 
A person who violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, this provision is subject to fines and/or up to 10 years in prison.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
First Responders Passport Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3750
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign aid and international relief
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

First Responders Passport Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 to waive passport fees for an individual who has contracted with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to aid a foreign country suffering from a qualifying natural disaster. 

action_date: 2015-12-16
text: 

First Responders Passport Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 to waive passport fees for an individual who is operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to aid a foreign country suffering from a qualifying natural disaster.
 
 The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2015-12-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 2 (Roll no. 699). (text: CR H9346-9347)
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 2 (Roll no. 699).(text: CR H9346-9347)
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9356-9357)
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3750.
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9346-9348)
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act

Bill: 114-hr-3751
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers that received loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (DL) or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program on or after July 1, 2006, to consolidate those loans as Federal Direct Consolidation Loans. 
 
It directs the Department of Education (ED) to consolidate DLs, and send a completed loan consolidation application to FFEL borrowers, within 90 days of this bill's enactment. It gives FFEL borrowers six months after their receipt of such application to endorse it and submit it to ED if they wish to consolidate their loans.
 
The bill sets the interest rate on Federal Direct Consolidation Loans at 4% or, if the weighted average of the interest rates of the loans being consolidated is less than 4%, the lesser of: (1) that weighted average, or (2) an interest rate equal to 0.4% of the principal balance of the consolidation loan at the time of consolidation.
 
It adds an origination fee equal to 0.4% of the principal balance of the consolidation loan at the time of consolidation if an FFEL is being consolidated.
 
It reduces the interest rate on a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan by 0.25% if one or more of the loans being consolidated is an FFEL held by an eligible lender.
 
The bill prohibits any benefit a borrower is receiving or earning when issued a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan from being affected by the consolidation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
ExCEL Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3752
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2015 or the ExCEL Act
 
of 2015

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace several existing federal student loan programs with a single repayment plan that caps annual debt repayments based on the borrower's income. 
 
The bill terminates the authority of the Department of Education (ED) to make federal Direct Stafford Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, and Direct PLUS loans, subject to exceptions for existing student borrowers, PLUS loans made to parents of undergraduates, and Direct Consolidation Loans. 
 
To replace the programs, the bill establishes the Income Dependent Education Assistance (IDEA) Loan Program and the IDEA Loan Repayment Program, which limit annual repayments based on the borrower's income and prohibit the accrual of interest on loans for active duty service members. Loans under the program are not eligible for the federal public service loan forgiveness program. 
 
The bill amends the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require ED and the Department of Health and Human Services to exchange information necessary to use the National Directory of New Hires to assist in the collection of student loans. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Department of the Treasury to disclose to ED tax return information necessary to carry out the IDEA Loan Repayment Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Halting Government Overreach Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3754
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 

Halting Government Overreach Act of 2015

 
This bill removes exceptions that prohibit a prevailing party other than the United States from being awarded fees and expenses incurred in a civil action (other than a tort action) brought by or against the United States, or in an agency adjudicatory proceeding, if the position of the United States was substantially justified or special circumstances make an award unjust. 
 
The fees and expenses may be awarded if the prevailing party has a direct and personal interest in the action because of an injury that gave rise to the action.
 
The bill also removes requirements that make parties ineligible for such an award if their net worth exceeds a specified amount at the time the action was filed or the adjudication was initiated. Under the bill, parties may seek an award of fees and expenses regardless of their net worth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the disregard of certain resident slots that include Department of Veterans Affairs training in determining payments for direct graduate medical education costs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3755
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Medicare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise provisions related to graduate medical education (GME) residency positions and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Under current law, for purposes of calculating Medicare payments for hospitals, certain limitations apply regarding the total number of GME residency positions in a hospital's training program. The bill specifies that these limitations shall not apply to any residency position that counts towards meeting the VA's obligation under the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to increase by 1,500 the number of GME residency positions at VA medical facilities.
 
The bill also extends by five years the period over which the VA must increase the number of GME residency positions at its medical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-09
text: Introduced in House
WIFIA Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-3756
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2015-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: 

WIFIA Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to repeal provisions prohibiting any project receiving federal credit assistance under such Act from being financed from the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Stop Pay for Members Act

Bill: 114-hr-3757
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: 

Stop Pay for Members Act

 
This bill declares that the obligation to pay the basic pay of Members of Congress may not be satisfied if the U.S. public debt reaches the public debt limit until: (1) all other obligations of the U.S. government then due have been satisfied; or (2) if earlier, the ability of the U.S. Treasury to satisfy such obligations in a timely manner is restored, whether by an increase in the public debt limit or otherwise.
 
Each Member of Congress consents and agrees that payment of basic pay in accordance with this Act shall constitute a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for service as a Member during the period covered by the payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Death Benefit Elimination Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3758
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: 

Congressional Death Benefit Elimination Act of 2015

 
This bill declares that no payment of death gratuities may be made to surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress from congressional accounts or any other appropriated funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Introduced in House