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A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.

Bill: 114-s-1308
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Legal fees and court costs
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 
Amends provisions of the federal criminal code governing interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition to require that whenever transported by any means other than a motor vehicle: (1) a firearm shall be in a locked container or secured by a secure gun storage or safety device, and (2) ammunition shall be in a locked container. 
 
Excludes from permitted transport of a firearm or ammunition any transportation: (1) with the intent to commit a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year that involves the use or threatened use of force against another; or (2) with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that such a crime is to be committed in the course of, or arising from, the transportation.
 
Prohibits the arrest or detention of a person for a violation of any state or local law or regulation related to the possession, transportation, or carrying of firearms unless there is probable cause to believe that the person is doing so in a manner not provided for under federal law. Provides that when a person asserts this as a defense in a criminal proceeding: (1) the prosecution shall bear the burden of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the person's conduct did not satisfy federal conditions; and (2) the court shall award the prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney's fee.
 
Authorizes a private right of action (and attorney fees) for deprivation of any right, privilege or immunity secured by federal firearms provisions under color of any state or local law or regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
FAIR Student Credit Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1309
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Federal Adjustment in Reporting Student Credit Act of 2015 or the FAIR Student Credit Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to allow a person to request the removal of a previously reported default regarding a qualified education loan from a consumer report if: (1) the lender chooses to offer a loan rehabilitation program that requires a number of consecutive on-time monthly payments equal to the number of payments specified in a default reduction program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and (2) the consumer of such loan successfully and voluntarily meets the requirements of that loan rehabilitation program. 
 
Permits a consumer to obtain such rehabilitation benefits only once per loan. 
 
Requires the Government Accountability Office to report on any hurdles borrowers experience with the private loan rehabilitation program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Deficit Reduction Through Fair Oil Royalties Act

Bill: 114-s-1310
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Deficit Reduction Through Fair Oil Royalties Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act unless they have been renegotiated to require royalty payments if the price of oil and natural gas is greater than or equal to specified price thresholds. 
 
Rentals or royalties received by the United States under covered leases must be deposited in the Treasury and used for federal budget deficit reduction or, if there is no federal budget deficit, federal debt reduction.
 
Interior must agree to a lessee's request to amend a lease to incorporate price thresholds applicable to royalty suspension requirements that are equal to or less than certain statutory price thresholds if the lease was issued for any Central and Western Gulf of Mexico tract on or after January 1, 1996, through November 28, 2000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil Spill Deterrent Act

Bill: 114-s-1311
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Oil Spill Deterrent Act 

 
This bill amends: (1) the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to increase from $5,000 to $100,000 the civil penalty for failure to take corrective action pertaining to drilling violations on federal land, and (2) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase from $20,000 to $250,000 the civil penalty for failure to take corrective action pertaining to drilling violations on the Outer Continental Shelf. 
 
 Both Acts authorize the Department of the Interior to increase such penalties after notice and an opportunity for public comment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1312
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Canada
Earth sciences
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Mexico
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Strategic materials and reserves
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 

Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015

 
This bill declares that the production and distribution of energy in the United States requires access to infrastructure and markets.
 
The Department of Energy (DOE) must collaborate with federal agencies to improve the conceptual development of energy security, considering at a minimum: (1) development of flexible, transparent, and competitive energy markets, including natural gas and oil; and (2) diversification of energy fuels, sources, and routes, and the encouragement of indigenous sources of energy supply. 
 
DOE must also coordinate interagency: (1) data collection for energy distribution on shared energy infrastructure, and (2) training to evaluate and implement cross-border energy projects. 
 
 It is the sense of Congress that growth in crude oil and dry natural gas production varies significantly across oil and natural gas supply regions, thereby: (1) forcing shifts in crude oil and natural gas flows between regions of the United States, and (2) requiring investment or realignment of midstream infrastructure including pipelines.
 
The Energy Information Administration must collaborate with officials in Canada and Mexico to reconcile data on energy trade flows, extend energy mapping capabilities, and develop common energy data terminology. 
 
Congress declares that processed condensate is a petroleum product. 
 
The DOE Office of Fossil Energy Assessment may assess the suitability of condensate separately from crude oil for use in strategic reserves, while certain agencies within the Department of the Interior must assess condensate separately from crude oil. 
 
The bill authorizes: (1) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to estimate condensate separately from crude oil as part of the resource assessments regarding domestic geological formations, (2) the Office of Natural Resources Revenue to collect condensate data separately from crude oil, and (3) the United States Geological Survey to include estimates of condensate separately from crude oil as part of the resource assessments regarding domestic geological formations. 
 
Domestic crude oil or condensate (except crude oil stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) may be exported without a federal license to countries not subject to U.S. sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Strong Lungs, Strong Lives Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1313
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Strong Lungs, Strong Lives Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 to extend TRICARE eligibility for certain smoking cessation services after FY2009 to covered TRICARE program beneficiaries who are Medicare-eligible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial UAS Modernization Act

Bill: 114-s-1314
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Research and development
Technology assessment
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Commercial UAS Modernization Act

 
This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to permit a person to operate a small commercial unmanned aircraft (drone) without an airworthiness certificate within the United States for the period beginning on enactment of this Act and ending on the effective date of a final rule based on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking &quot;Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems&quot; dated February 23, 2015, subject to the following conditions and restrictions:
 
 
 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must receive proof that the drone owner has liability insurance for the drone; 
 
the owner must register the drone;
 
the operator must pass a test developed to assess initial aeronautical knowledge and a proficiency test administered by a drone test site; and 
 
the operator must demonstrate the ability to fly the drone in accordance with certain operating restrictions concerning visibility, time of day, air traffic control, airspace, preflight inspection, and operator health.
 
 
A drone may not be operated until the operator of a test site certifies that it meets the requirements in the rulemaking notice and can operate within the restrictions.
 
The owner or operator of a drone involved in an accident causing personal injury or property damage must report it to the FAA within two days after the accident.
 
The FAA shall:
 
 
appoint a Deputy Associate Administrator for Unmanned Aircraft,
 
establish a joint aircraft system research and development data collection and analysis program at the William J. Hughes Technical Center, and
 
implement an air traffic management pilot program to research and test a new regulatory structure for drone operations in airspace below 1,200 feet.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-10
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-635.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Point Spencer Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 114-s-1316
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Point Spencer Land Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey the surface and subsurface estates of Tracts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 as identified on the map titled &quot;Point Spencer Land Retention and Conveyance Map,&quot; dated January 2015, to the Bering Straits Native Corporation and tract 6 surface and subsurface estates to Alaska in accordance with specified terms.
 
The Port Coordination Advisory Council for the Port of Point Spencer is established.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act

Bill: 114-s-1317
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the Senate
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: 2015-05-13
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: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1319
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land transfers
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 
Affirms and validates a specified patent and the associated land reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on February 18, 2005, as depicted on the map entitled &quot;Lincoln County Land Patent&quot; and dated December 4, 2014, as having been issued in compliance with the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 for the benefit and recovery of the desert tortoise, other species, and their habitat. Ratifies: (1) the process used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM in reconfiguring the land as shown in a specified environmental impact statement, and (2) the reconfiguration provided for in a specified Army Corps of Engineers permit.
 
Authorizes the BLM to issue a patent for specified acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, depicted on such map and described in the legal description of the proposed lease and fee land on file in the BLM's Ely District Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Bailout Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1320
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Commodities markets
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Bailout Prevention Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act, with respect to the discounting of obligations arising out of actual commercial transactions, to declare a borrower ineligible to borrow from any emergency lending program or facility unless the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and all federal banking regulators with jurisdiction over the borrower certify that, at the time the borrower initially borrows under the program or facility, the borrower is not insolvent. 
 
A borrower shall be deemed insolvent for such purposes if it is a bridge financial company (organized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC] to resolve a covered financial company) or a bridge depository institution (a new national bank or federal savings association organized by the FDIC to assume the deposits of one or more insured depository institutions that are in default or in danger of default). 
 
 The annual (penalty) interest rate for emergency lending must be at least 500 basis points greater than the cost of borrowing for the United States Treasury for a commensurate loan term. 
 
The Board may create an emergency lending program or facility that does not meet the broad-based eligibility requirement (that at least five companies be eligible to participate in it) or this penalty rate requirement, but only if Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval within 30 days.
 
The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 is amended to repeal the authorization for certain financial holding companies to engage in, or own or control shares of a company that is engaged in commodity trading, selling, or investing if certain requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1321
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Employee benefits and pensions
Law enforcement officers
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Fairness for Fallen Officers Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a climate-related injury (including hypothermia, heatstroke, and hyperthermia) sustained by a public safety officer who engaged in a situation involving exposure to extreme environmental conditions while on duty as a personal injury for which death benefits or benefits for permanent and total disability shall be provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1322
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Right of privacy
School administration
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: 

Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2015

 
Amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit programs administered by the Department of Education from making funds available to any educational agency or institution that has not implemented information security policies that: (1) protect personally identifiable information (PII) from education records, and (2) require each outside party to whom PII from education records is disclosed to have a comprehensive security program to protect such information.
 
Defines &quot;outside party&quot; as a person that is not an employee, officer, or volunteer of the educational agency or institution or of a government agency. Includes within such term any contractor or consultant acting as a school official or authorized representative or in any other capacity.
 
 Prohibits such funds from being made available to any educational agency or institution that has a policy or practice of using, releasing, or providing access to PII to advertise or market a product or service.
 
Requires state agencies receiving such funds, and each educational agency or institution, to ensure that any outside party with access to such records: (1) provides parents access to any PII it holds about their students; (2) provides a process to challenge, correct, or delete any inaccurate, misleading, or inappropriate data through a hearing by the agency or institution providing the outside party with access; (3) maintains a record of all individuals, agencies, or organizations that have requested or obtained access to the education records of a student; and (4) has information security procedures in place.
 
Prohibits funds from being made available to any educational agency or institution, or any state educational agency, unless the agency or institution has a practice that: (1) promotes data minimization by meeting requests for student information with non-PII, and (2) requires that PII held by any outside party be destroyed when the information is no longer needed for the specified purpose.
 
Directs educational agencies and institutions to maintain a record of all outside parties which have requested or obtained access to a student's education records. Requires such record to describe the information shared and to indicate specifically the party's legitimate interest in obtaining this information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate