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North Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3269
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Biological and life sciences
Department of Commerce
Federal district courts
International law and treaties
Jurisdiction and venue
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Ocean
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: 

North Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to promulgate regulations to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean for the United States, which was adopted in Tokyo, Japan, on February 24, 2012. (The Convention establishes a regional fisheries management organization to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fisheries resources while protecting the marine ecosystems in the Convention Area.)
 
The United States has to be represented on the North Pacific Fisheries Commission by five commissioners that are selected in accordance with the requirements of the bill.
 
 Commerce must develop a memorandum of understanding with the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to clarify the role of each Council with respect to participating in or working with U.S. delegations to international fishery organizations and making recommendations related to fishery resources in the Convention Area. 
 
 The Department of State's authority and responsibilities with respect to the Commission is established.
 
Any regulation promulgated by Commerce to implement a measure adopted by the Commission that would govern a straddling stock under the authority of a Council must be approved by the Council. A straddling stock is a stock of fisheries resources which migrates between, or occurs in, the economic exclusion zone of one or more parties to the Convention and the Convention Area.
 
 Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security have to administer and enforce the bill, except to the extent otherwise provided for in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. 
 
 Certain fishing and shipping acts in the Convention Area are prohibited.
 
 Commercial fishing vessels must meet certain notification requirements before entering or transiting the exclusive economic zone of the Convention Area, if the vessels do not carry vessel monitoring systems capable of communicating with U.S. enforcement authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3270
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Licensing and registrations
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to exempt Indian tribes from any requirement to provide compensatory mitigation as a condition of a permit to discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the United States when the permitted activity is conducted on Indian land. If the Indian tribe ceases to maintain the permitted activity on that land, or seeks to abandon that activity without a good faith transfer, the Indian tribe must obtain a permit modification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps of Engineers may require restoration and rehabilitation of the area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3271
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Licensing and registrations
Pollution liability
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a permittee under the Act to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for discharging dredged or fill material into the waters of the United States (permitted activity) by entering into a preservation lease with a state or Indian tribe whose wetlands are affected. 
 
A preservation lease is an agreement under which a permittee leases wetlands or other aquatic sites on state or Indian land for the sole purpose of preserving the wetlands or other aquatic sites in an undisturbed state during the term of the lease to mitigate for a permitted activity. The term of the lease may not be less than the life of the permitted activity and must be adjusted to account for the cessation of the impacts caused by such activity. 
 
If a permittee enters into a preservation lease and subsequently ceases to maintain the permitted activity, or seeks to abandon the permitted activity without a good faith transfer, the permittee must obtain a permit modification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which may require restoration and rehabilitation of the area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Myles Newlove.

Bill: 114-hr-3272
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2015-07-28 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Provides for the relief of Myles Newlove.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Assistance to Nuclear Iran Act

Bill: 114-hr-3273
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Iran
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Prohibiting Assistance to Nuclear Iran Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to provide Iran with assistance (including the use of the U.S. Armed Forces) to develop, use, or protect any technology or other assets of its nuclear program. 
 
The President may waive such prohibition on a case-by-case basis if: (1) the President submits to Congress a certification that it is necessary to U.S. national interests to do so, and (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving such certification within five days of its submission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3275
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program to provide grants and loans to assist low-income owners of manufactured homes constructed before December 31, 1994, in decommissioning their dated homes and replacing them with Energy Star-qualified manufactured or modular homes. 
 
Grants or loans may be made only to a low-income owner of a dated manufactured home who has used that home as a primary residence on a year-round basis for at least the preceding 24 months. Each household may only receive one grant or loan under the program.
 
The bill sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) ownership of the land on which the new manufactured or modular home is to be sited, and (2) the decommissioning of a dated home. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Same Day Registration Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3276
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Same Day Registration Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on the date of election itself (or on the day of voting under early voting).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Voter Access Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3277
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Photography and imaging
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Voter Access Protection Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state or local election official from requiring an individual to: (1) present a photo identification (or a copy if voting by mail) as a condition for receiving or casting a ballot in any election for federal office, or (2) cast a provisional ballot solely on the grounds that the individual does not present a photo identification at the polling place. 
 Prohibits a state or local election election official from requiring an individual to provide a photo identification (or a copy if registering by mail) as a condition of registering to vote in an election for federal office.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Dignified Burial Act

Bill: 114-hr-3278
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Veterans Dignified Burial Act 

 
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) upon confirming the veteran status of a deceased veteran in the custody of a local medical examiner, funeral director, county service group, or other similar entity, to request from that entity the specific date of the veteran's scheduled interment; and (2) during each 30-day period following the request to repeat it until the entity confirms the scheduled internment date or that the veteran has been interred.
 
Requires the VA, by March 1 of each year, to report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees on unclaimed deceased veterans interred after the 30-day period following the initial VA request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
WIRED Act

Bill: 114-hr-3280
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act or the WIRED Act

 
 Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to revise one-stop delivery system requirements.
 
Requires the Department of Labor to establish certain standards and best practices for the provision of employment and training services for adults and dislocated workers on Internet websites maintained by one-stop delivery systems.
 
Requires the one-stop delivery system, at a minimum, to make those services accessible through an Internet website that: 
 
 
 is unique to the particular one-stop system, and 
 
 meets and incorporates those standards and best practices.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3281
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
California
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 
Directs the Department of Agriculture to sell and quitclaim all interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including improvements, located at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, consisting of approximately 8.75 acres and administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Securing America's Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act

Bill: 114-hr-3283
Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Securing America's Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act 

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 exclusively by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging operation owned or operated by that parent or person.
 
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall establish a test program to allow states to enter into interstate compacts with contiguous states, approved by the governor of each state, to standardize the requirements for operators of commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce.
 
A commercial driver's license issued by one state participating in a compact shall be recognized as valid in every state participating in the compact.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3284
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to develop a patient registry to collect data on mesothelioma.
 
The Agency shall use the registry to:
 
 
 enhance and expand infrastructure and activities for tracking the epidemiology of mesothelioma patients; 
 
 collect, consolidate, and report on health information on mesothelioma patients; 
 
 describe the incidence and prevalence of mesothelioma in the United States; 
 
 facilitate research on mesothelioma; 
 
 examine factors that may be associated with mesothelioma; 
 
outline key demographic factors associated with mesothelioma; and 
 
 make information available to the public to facilitate and enhance research on, and the prevention and treatment of, mesothelioma.
 
 
The Agency: (1) shall provide for the collection and storage of information on the incidence and prevalence of mesothelioma in the United States and information concerning demographics and other information associated with mesothelioma, such as geographic location and family history, risk factors, and diagnosis and progression markers; (2) may provide for the collection and storage of information relevant to analysis on mesothelioma, such as information concerning the epidemiology, natural history, and prevention of the disease, the detection, management, and treatment approaches for the disease, and the development of outcomes measures; and (3) shall make registry information available to federal agencies and the public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3285
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) to study health disparities, existing programs and policies intended to reduce disparities, and priorities for, and expansion of, programs targeting disparities.
 
HHS must develop guidelines for entities to develop and implement programs to reduce health disparities. HHS must incorporate these guidelines into its activities.
 
HHS may award grants for programs to reduce health disparities.
 The Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must test a payment and service delivery model that includes incentives for reducing health disparities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-29
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: 2015-07-29
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: 2015-07-29
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: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House