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Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1803
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2015-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: 

Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the nonhazardous waste provisions of subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) to establish a federal permit program for coal combustion residuals (coal ash) that states may elect to administer. The program outlines the criteria that a state must use if it chooses to adopt and enforce a permit program regulating the management and disposal of coal ash generated by electric utilities and independent power producers. The program applies to the disposal of coal ash into: (1) landfills or surface impoundments, (2) sand or gravel pits, (3) quarries, or (4) lateral expansions of the previously mentioned structures. 
 
A state that chooses to adopt a coal ash program is given sole enforcement authority. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must implement a program for a state if: (1) a state's program fails to meet those criteria, or (2) a state does not implement a program. A coal ash permit program implemented by the EPA may not apply to the utilization, placement, and storage of coal ash at surface or underground coal mining and reclamation operations.
 
The bill revises the EPA rule governing the disposal of coal ash, entitled &quot;Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System; Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities.&quot; The rule may be implemented only through the permit program established by the bill. When the requirements of the bill and the rule conflict, the requirements of the bill must be followed.
 
Under the program, the implementing agency must use baseline criteria, including criteria with respect to coal ash for:
 
 
 structures' design, location, and structural integrity;
 
groundwater and surface water protections;
 
structures closing; and 
 
air quality with respect to fugitive dust.
 
 
The agency implementing the permit program must ensure that certain information concerning the program is publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeal CFPB Act

Bill: 114-s-1804
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Repeal CFPB Act

 
Repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
 
Revives or restores the provisions of law amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
School Lunch Price Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1805
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

School Lunch Price Protection Act of 2015
 
 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to alter the formula that school food authorities are required to use to establish the price for a paid lunch (a lunch provided to children who are not eligible for free or reduced price meals). Specifically, the bill makes the formula applicable only to school food authorities that had a negative balance in their nonprofit school food service account for the previous school year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SPY Car Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1806
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Energy efficiency and conservation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Marketing and advertising
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Right of privacy
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Security and Privacy in Your Car Act of 2015 or the SPY Car Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to conduct a rulemaking to issue motor vehicle cybersecurity regulations that require motor vehicles manufactured for sale in the United States to protect against unauthorized access to: (1) electronic controls or driving data, including information about the vehicle's location, speed, owner, driver, or passengers; or (2) driving data collected by electronic systems built into a vehicle while that data is stored onboard the vehicle, in transit from the vehicle to another location, or subsequently stored or used off-board the vehicle. The regulations must require vehicles with accessible data or control signals to be capable of detecting, reporting, and stopping attempts to intercept such driving data or control the vehicle.
 
A violator is liable to the U.S. government for a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation.
 
 NHTSA must also conduct a rulemaking to require the fuel economy labeling that manufacturers attach to motor vehicles to display a &quot;cyber dashboard&quot; with a standardized graphic to inform consumers about the extent to which the vehicle protects individuals' cybersecurity and privacy beyond the minimum requirements.
 
The Federal Trade Commission is required to conduct a rulemaking to: (1) require motor vehicles to notify owners or lessees about the collection, transmission, retention, and use of driving data; (2) provide owners or lessees with the option to terminate such data collection and retention (except onboard safety systems required for post-incident investigations, emissions, crash avoidance, and other regulatory compliance programs) without losing navigation tools or other features; and (3) prohibit manufacturers from using collected information for advertising or marketing purposes without the owner's or lessee's consent. Violations are to be treated as unfair and deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
RISE Small Business Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1807
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Regulatory Impact Scale on the Economy Small Business Act of 2015 or the RISE Small Business Act of 2015

 
Requires a federal agency, before promulgating a proposed or final rule that it determines is likely to have an annual effect on the economy of at least $100 million, to assign the rule to, and publish in the Federal Register, the following category that applies based on the highest possible annual effect the agency determines the rule is likely to have on the economy: 
 
 
category 1 rule likely to result in an annual effect of between $100 million and $499,999,999; 
 
 category 2 rule likely to result in an annual effect of between $500 million and $999,999,999; 
 
 category 3 rule likely to result in an annual effect of between $1 billion and $4,999,999,999; 
 
 category 4 rule likely to result in an annual effect of between $5 billion and $9,999,999,999; and 
 
 category 5 rule likely to result in an annual effect of not less than $10 billion.
 
 
Directs: (1) each agency to submit to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) annually a list of the rules, by category, that the agency published during the preceding year; and (2) OIRA to publish each list and an estimate of the costs and benefits of each included rule on www.reginfo.gov.
 
Defines &quot;significant economic impact&quot; for purposes of provisions concerning initial and final regulator flexibility analyses as an annual economic effect of at least $100 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5212-5213; text of measure as introduced: CR S5213)
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1809
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2015 or the STARS Act

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt seasonal employees from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage. Defines "seasonal employee" as an employee who is employed in a position for which the customary annual employment is not more than six months and which requires performing labor or services that are ordinarily performed at certain seasons or periods of the year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act

Bill: 114-s-1810
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act

 
This bill requires Members of Congress, the President, the Vice President, and executive branch political appointees to purchase health insurance through a health insurance exchange. These officials may receive a federal subsidy or contribution to the costs of coverage only if the subsidy or contribution is otherwise available to individuals at a similar income level.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Cooperation with States and Local Governments and Preventing the Catch and Release of Criminal Aliens Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1812
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Improving Cooperation with States and Local Governments and Preventing the Catch and Release of Criminal Aliens Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits a jurisdiction from receiving any of the funding specified in this Act if it does not cooperate with federal officials regarding criminal aliens or other aliens deemed to be a removal priority by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including by refusing to: (1) detain or transfer custody of such aliens pursuant to detainers placed upon them; or (2) notify a federal law enforcement agency, upon request, of their release. 
 
Such funding consists of: 
 
 
incarceration reimbursement funds under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
 
grant funding under the Second Chance Act of 2007, and 
 
any other law enforcement related grants or contracts awarded by DHS or the Department of Justice (DOJ).
 
 
A jurisdiction shall become eligible to receive such funds, grants, or contracts after DHS certifies that: 
 
 
the jurisdiction no longer fails to cooperate with federal officials regarding detentions, transfers, and notifications; and 
 
the statute, policy, or practice of that state or local government prohibiting law enforcement officers from assisting or cooperating with federal immigration law enforcement regarding criminal aliens has been repealed, rescinded, or terminated. 
 
 
Withheld funds shall be reallocated equally among: 
 
 
states and local governments which cooperate with federal officials regarding detentions, transfers, and notifications, and apply to the appropriate Department for such funds; and 
 
any statutorily authorized federal grant program designed to protect victims of violence.
 
 
DHS and DOJ shall publish jointly on their websites: (1) a list of sanctuary jurisdictions, and (2) a list of jurisdictions that do not grant federal immigration law enforcement officers regular access to jails or detention facilities. 
 
The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to increase the penalty for reentry by a removed alien.
 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to: (1) require law enforcement officials of a state or a local government to report or arrest victims or witnesses of a criminal offense, or (2) limit the ability of state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration law enforcement with regard to aliens who are not criminal aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a bus state of good repair program.

Bill: 114-s-1813
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Motor vehicles
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to make grants to assist eligible recipients in financing capital projects to maintain bus and bus facilities systems in a state of good repair, including projects to: (1) replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment; and (2) construct bus-related facilities. 
 
Eligible recipients are designated recipients that operate bus service or that allocate funding to bus operators. Grant recipients may: (1) allocate amounts to subrecipients that are public agencies or private nonprofit organizations engaged in public transportation, and (2) obligate funds for three fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the amount is appropriated. 
 
The bill limits to 4% the percentage of funding made available for this Act in a fiscal year that may be provided to a single recipient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Sanctuary Cities Act

Bill: 114-s-1814
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Stop Sanctuary Cities Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for any state or political subdivision to: 
 
 
restrict or prohibit a government entity or official from sending to or receiving from the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status, or from maintaining or exchanging information about an individual's status; or 
 
fail to comply with a immigration-related detainer that has been lawfully issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 
 
 
Any state or subdivision that: 
 
 
violates such prohibition shall be ineligible for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funds; and 
 
does not come into compliance with such requirements within 180 days of receiving noncompliance notification from DHS shall be ineligible for assistance under the Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
 
 
Funding may not be withheld until DHS has: (1) notified a state or subdivision of its noncompliance, and (2) determined that voluntary compliance cannot be secured. 
 
No liability shall lie with a state or subdivision that is acting in compliance with a lawfully issued DHS detainer solely because the state or subdivision is holding an alien in compliance with such detainer. 
 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to require law enforcement officials of a state or a subdivision to provide DHS with information related to a victim or a witness to a criminal offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a process by which members of the Armed Forces may carry a concealed personal firearm on a military installation.

Bill: 114-s-1815
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Military command and structure
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to establish a process by which the commander of a military installation in the United States may authorize a qualifying member of the Armed Forces who is assigned to duty at the installation to carry a concealed personal firearm on the installation if the commander determines it to be necessary as a personal-protection or force-protection measure. 
 
The commander of the installation shall consult with appropriate state and local elected officials and take into consideration state and local laws law regarding carrying a concealed personal firearm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1816
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): (1) to each promulgate a regulation exempting community banks from regulations implementing &quot;Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems,&quot; and (2) to revise capital requirements as they determine appropriate in light of such required regulations.
 
 A community bank is defined as one whose consolidated assets are not greater than $50 billion.
 
The bill also exempts from the internal control attestation requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 both an insured depository institution and a depository institution holding company with consolidated assets of not greater than $1 billion.
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is prohibited from adjusting under Regulation D the $1 million net worth threshold and $200,000 and $300,000 income thresholds that define a natural person as an accredited investor.
 
The SEC shall increase from 35 to 70 the number of purchasers of securities in transactions deemed not to involve a public offering and so are exempt from regulation under the Securities Exchange Act of 1933. 
 
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to: (1) subject a savings and loan holding company to registration requirements for securities whose issuer has total assets exceeding $10 million and a class of non-exempt equity security held of record by 2,000 or more persons; and (2) apply the automatic termination of registration, and suspension of the duty to file supplementary and periodic information, to a savings and loan holding company whose securities are found to be held by less than 1,200 persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-366.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SEMPER FI Act

Bill: 114-s-1819
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2015-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: 

Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act or SEMPER FI Act

 
This bill directs the Secretary concerned to authorize an eligible member of the Armed Forces assigned to an Armed Forces recruitment center to carry a service-issue sidearm as a personal- or force-protection measure while on duty at the recruiting center, notwithstanding any federal, state, or local law or Department of Defense policy to the contrary. 
 
In lieu of authorizing eligible members of the Armed Forces to carry a service-issue sidearm, or in addition, the Secretary concerned may implement additional security measures for Armed Forces recruitment centers, including improved structural security measures. 
 
This Act shall not be interpreted to grant any member of the Armed Forces the authority to conduct civilian law enforcement functions within U.S. territory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate