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Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2311
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate its activities with respect to functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (FGIMDs), including by:
 
 
expanding basic and clinical research into FGIMDs by implementing the research recommendations of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases,
 
providing support for the establishment of centers of excellence on FGIMDs,
 
supporting innovative approaches to educating health care providers and patients regarding strategies that improve patient-provider relationships and care,
 
directing the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to provide the necessary funding for the continued expansion and advancement of the FGIMDs research portfolio, and
 
directing NIDDK and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to expand research into FGIMDs that impact children.
 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services may engage in public awareness and education activities to increase understanding and recognition of FGIMDs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2312
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Idaho
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Department of the Interior, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to authorize or continue to authorize maintenance or replacement of the facilities and structures listed in this Act for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Research for Hydrocephalus Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2313
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Advancing Research for Hydrocephalus Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of hydrocephalus (a condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain); and (2) incorporate information obtained through those activities into a National Hydrocephalus Surveillance System. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the System facilitates further research on hydrocephalus.
 
Requires HHS to provide for the collection and storage of information on hydrocephalus, including the incidence, prevalence, and other information, to the extent practicable. 
 
Requires HHS to: (1) make information and analysis in the System available to the public, including researchers; and (2) ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as the protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E782)
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act

Bill: 114-hr-2317
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

Lifetime Income Disclosure Act 

 
 Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the quarterly pension benefit statement furnished to a participant or beneficiary with the right to direct the investment of assets in his or her account under an individual account plan to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period.
 
Requires such lifetime income disclosure to set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the participant's or beneficiary's total benefits accrued. Defines a lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued as the monthly annuity payment the participant or beneficiary would receive if those total accrued benefits were used to provide lifetime income streams to a qualified joint and survivor annuitant.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to: 
 
 
 issue a model lifetime income disclosure, written in a manner which can be understood by the average plan participant; and 
 
 prescribe assumptions that plan administrators may use in converting total accrued benefits into lifetime income stream equivalents.
 
 
Declares that no plan fiduciary, plan sponsor, or other person shall have any liability under ERISA solely by reason of the provision of lifetime income stream equivalents derived in accordance with such assumptions and related rules and including explanations contained in the model lifetime income disclosure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Keep Teachers Teaching Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2321
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

Keep Teachers Teaching Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive, renewable grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), states, and partnerships of LEAs, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education for the development and implementation of innovative teacher retention programs that include: (1) professional development; (2) teacher mentoring; (3) advanced certification or credentialing; (4) research, travel, or fellowship opportunities; and (5) pairing teachers with research or industry professionals.
 
ED must: (1) identify the most promising teacher retention strategies, and (2) make information about those strategies publicly available and easily accessible to states and LEAs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a pharmaceutical and technology ombudsman under the Medicare program.

Bill: 114-hr-2325
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to provide for a pharmaceutical and technology ombudsman within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

Bill: 114-hr-2327
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Laos
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

 
Authorizes burial in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of the remains of any individual: (1) who was naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 and who resided in the United States at the time of death; or (2) who the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines served with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and who, at the time of death, resided in the United States and was a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2885)
Lead Exposure Reduction Amendments Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2328
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

Lead Exposure Reduction Amendments Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "abatement" any activity: (1) the primary purpose of which is to repair, restore, or remodel target housing, public buildings constructed before 1978, or commercial buildings; and (2) that incidentally results in a reduction or elimination of lead-based paint hazards.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), no later than one year prior to proposing any renovation and remodeling regulation, must study the extent to which persons engaged in such activities: (1) are exposed to lead, and (2) disturb lead and create a lead-based paint hazard. The bill exempts from such a regulation an emergency renovation carried out in response to an event that is an act of God as defined by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, that presents a risk to the public health or safety, or that threatens to cause significant damage to equipment or property if not attended to immediately. A regulation may not require post-abatement clearance testing. 
 
 The EPA must promulgate regulations to permit a resident owner of a dwelling that is target housing to authorize a contractor to forego compliance with such a regulation if the owner certifies that: (1) the renovation or remodeling project is to be carried out at such dwelling, (2) no pregnant woman or child under the age of six resides or will reside in such housing, and (3) the owner acknowledges that the contractor will be exempt from the requirements of such regulation. The EPA may not hold a contractor responsible for a misrepresentation made by the owner of such dwelling unless the contractor has actual knowledge of such a misrepresentation. 
 
The EPA must: (1) recognize a qualifying test kit for use under TSCA, and (2) suspend enforcement of any regulation relating to renovation and remodeling of target housing and commercial buildings constructed after January 1, 1960, and public buildings constructed between January 1, 1960, and January 1, 1978, until a specified period after the EPA recognizes such a test kit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act

Bill: 114-hr-2329
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government liability
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act

 
Amends the federal judicial code with respect to the jurisdiction of federal courts over civil actions pending in, or on appeal from, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (USCFC) when the plaintiff also has pending in another federal court a civil action that includes a claim against the United States (or an agency or officer of the United States) arising from the same set of operative facts.
 
 Requires the court presiding over the action that was filed later to stay the later action until the action that was filed first is no longer pending. (Currently, the USCFC is prohibited from having jurisdiction of any claim in which the plaintiff has pending in any other court any suit or process against the United States or any person who was acting or professing to act under the authority of the United States.)
 
Provides an exception to the requirement to stay the later action if: (1) the parties in each of the actions agree; or (2) in exceptional circumstances the court finds, upon the motion of any party, that termination or modification of the stay is necessary to preserve material evidence or to prevent irreparable prejudice to that party.
 
Provides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit with jurisdiction of an appeal from an interlocutory order terminating or modifying such a stay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-07-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-07
text: Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Discharged.
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2330
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Crime prevention
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2015

 
 Establishes the National Criminal Justice Commission.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) undertake a comprehensive review of all areas of the criminal justice system, including federal, state, local, and tribal governments' criminal justice costs, practices, and policies; (2) submit to the President and Congress recommendations for changes in federal oversight, policies, practices, and laws designed to prevent, deter, and reduce crime and violence, reduce recidivism, improve cost-effectiveness, and ensure the interests of justice at every step of the criminal justice system; and (3) disseminate to the federal government and to state, local, and tribal governments a report that details its findings and supplemental guidance regarding the criminal justice system at all levels of government.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Commission should work toward unanimously supported findings and supplemental guidance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
No Welfare for Weed Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2331
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

No Welfare for Weed Act of 2015

 
This bill amends: (1) the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude marijuana products from items that may be purchased with food stamps; and (2) part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require states to maintain policies that prevent the use of TANF in any electronic benefit transfer transaction in any establishment that offers marijuana for sale.
 
States that have not reported to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on their implementation of the policies and practices required by this Act, or which have not implemented such policies and practices, shall have the amount of their family assistance grants reduced by 5%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2332
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Buy American requirements
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
Small business
Transportation programs funding
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program to award grants to state and local governments, transit agencies, and port authorities for certain public transportation projects (including water infrastructure projects) that will significantly impact a metropolitan area, a region, or all of the United States.
 
Specifies the federal share of project costs at 100%.
 
Requires the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in projects funded under this Act to have been produced in the United States, except in specified circumstances.
 
Requires the Secretary to coordinate with relevant federal departments and agencies to ensure that environmental reviews are made in a manner that accelerates delivery of such projects.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Nation Building Here at Home Financing Initiative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2969)
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House