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Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2697
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Endangered and threatened species
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2015

 
This bill establishes a Rare Cats and Canids Conservation Fund as a separate account within the Multinational Species Conservation Fund. The Department of the Interior must use amounts in the fund to provide assistance for the conservation of rare felids and rare canids. Grant amounts may not be used for captive breeding unless it is a part of an accredited reintroduction or restoration program.
 
Rare felids or rare canids are any population in the family Felidae (cats) or Canidae (dogs), respectively, that are listed in the Red List of Threatened Species Maintained by the World Conservation Union as near-threatened, vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered, excluding any population native to the United States or Canada. Tigers are not considered to be rare felids.
 
 Interior may convene an advisory group of individuals representing organizations actively involved in the conservation of felids and canids. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2698
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2699
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Firearms and explosives
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 to revise what are prohibited firearms to include any firearm: (1) that, after removal of all parts other than major components (currently, of grips, stocks, and magazines), is not as detectable by walk-through metal detectors as the Security Exemplar; or (2) any major component of which, if subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices (currently, x-ray machines) commonly used at airports for security screening, would not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component.
 
Modifies the definition of: (1) "major component" to include the barrel of a firearm only in the case of a rifle or shotgun, and (2) "Security Exemplar" to repeal the requirement that it be fabricated within 12 months after enactment of such Act.
 
Exempts from undetectable firearms provisions: (1) a prototype firearm for detectability testing; (2) any firearm received by, in the possession of, or under the control of the United States; or (3) the manufacture, importation, possession, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer pursuant to an existing contract with the United States. (Replaces the exemption of any firearm that has been certified by the Department of Defense or the Central Intelligence Agency as necessary for military or intelligence applications or that is manufactured and sold exclusively to U.S. military or intelligence agencies.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the President to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of United States intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2701
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 
Directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to report to Congress annually on the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of intellectual property rights violations in China.
 
Requires the USTR to: (1) impose duties on merchandise from China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of such violations, and (2) distribute the proceeds of such duties to such U.S. intellectual property rights holders on a proportional basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2702
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015

 
 Revises passenger motor vehicle information program requirements.
 
Directs the Department of Transportation to ensure that passenger motor vehicle crash avoidance information is provided next to, and in the same format as, crashworthiness information at each place that the latter is made available to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2703
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rates and maximum allowable amount of the tax credit for employer-provided child care facilities; (2) increase the eligibility threshold amount and rate of the household and dependent care tax credit and make such credit refundable; (3) allow a new $2,000 tax credit for child care providers who hold a bachelor's degree in early childhood education, child care, or a related degree and who provide at least 1,200 hours of child care services in a taxable year; and (4) increase the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Community Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2704
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Community Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015

 
This bill amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to provide home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-09
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: 2015-06-09
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: 2015-06-09
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: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act

Bill: 114-hr-2705
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Lakes and rivers
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act

 
This bill nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule signed on May 27, 2015, which describes the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).
 
Under this bill, the Clean Water Act applies to waters of the United States that are: (1) navigable-in-fact; or (2) permanent or continuously flowing bodies of water that form geographical features commonly known as streams, oceans, rivers, and lakes that are connected to waters that are navigable-in-fact.
 
Under this bill, the Act does not apply to: (1) waters that do not physically abut those waters of the United States through an actual and continuous surface water connection; (2) man-made or natural structures or channels through which water flows intermittently or ephemerally; or (3) wetlands (including playa lakes, prairie potholes, wet meadows, wet prairies, and vernal pools) that lack that continuous surface water connection. 
 
The aggregation of wetlands or waters may not be used to determine whether the wetlands or waters are navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans National Remembrance Act

Bill: 114-hr-2706
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Veterans National Remembrance Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in selecting a location for the establishment of a new national cemetery, to: (1) give priority to a state that does not have a national cemetery and that has the largest population of veterans among states without such a cemetery, and (2) ensure that such location is within 10 miles of a significant amount of the population to be served by such cemetery during the 25 years following its establishment.
 
Permits the Secretary, after establishing two national cemeteries, to waive the requirement of giving priority to a state that does not have a national cemetery if such waiver will allow the Secretary to establish a cemetery that will serve a larger population of veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Bureaucratic Workarounds Act

Bill: 114-hr-2707
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Prevention of Bureaucratic Workarounds Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from entering into a contract with a state or awarding assistance to a state to provide the state with technology from the federal health insurance exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a study on cyber attack standards of measurement.

Bill: 114-hr-2708
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 
Requires the Director of National Intelligence to carry out a study and report findings to Congress regarding appropriate standards to measure the damage of cyber incidents for purposes of determining the response to such incidents, including a method to quantify damage to affected computers, systems, and devices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3925)
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Professional's Access To Health Workforce Integration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2709
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Foreign labor
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Professional's Access To Health Workforce Integration Act of 2015

 
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services, acting through the Bureau of Health Workforce within the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, or the Office of Minority Health (HHS), to award grants to eligible entities to:
 
 
provide services to assist unemployed and underemployed skilled immigrants residing in the United States, who have legal, permanent work authorization and who are internationally educated health professionals, in entering into and advancing in the American health workforce with employment matching their health professional skills, education, and expertise; 
 
provide training opportunities to reduce barriers to entry and advancement in the health workforce for skilled, internationally educated immigrants; 
 
 educate employers regarding the abilities and capacities of internationally educated health professionals; 
 
 assist in the evaluation of foreign credentials; and 
 
 facilitate access to contextualized and accelerated courses on English as a second language.
 
 
Includes as an eligible entity a clinical, public health, or health services organization, a community-based or nonprofit entity, an academic institution, a faith-based organization, a state, county, or local government, or an Area Health Education Center that submits an application that meets HHS requirements.
 
Defines &quot;health professional&quot; as an individual trained for employment or intended employment in specified fields, including public health, health management, dentistry, health administration, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, psychology, social work, psychiatry, and other mental and behavioral health, allied health, and community health or wellness work.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4010-4011)
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
No Subsidies Without Verification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2711
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

No Subsidies Without Verification Act of 2015

 
This bill disallows the health plan premium assistance tax credit or cost-sharing reduction under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before an individual's eligibility and the accurate amount of the credit or reduction is verified. Verification requires a review of the information provided by an applicant and resolution of any inconsistency between the information and the records of the Departments of the Treasury or Homeland Security or the Social Security Administration.
 
Individuals are exempt from the penalty for not maintaining minimum essential coverage for any month for which a premium tax credit is being claimed and that begins before verification is completed.
 
The premium tax credit and reduced cost-sharing are suspended for an individual for whom a subsidy was allowed before enactment of this Act until the individual's eligibility is verified. A special enrollment period is provided for an individual who terminated enrollment in a qualified plan during the period of suspension.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Employ Young Americans Now Act

Bill: 114-hr-2714
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Unemployment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Employ Young Americans Now Act

 
 Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2016.
 
Requires the Department of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.
 
Requires the Department to award allocations and competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment.
 
Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2715
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2015-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 

Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in order to give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status.
 
An &quot;eligible household&quot; is a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.
 
The amount on each summer EBT card is set at $150 per child in 2017, with adjustments thereafter reflecting changes in reimbursement rates for school meals under the school lunch program.
 
If children are enrolled to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs, they must be enrolled in this program without further application.
 
Summer EBT cards may be used only to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Introduced in House