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Manufacturing Skills Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4174
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Minority employment
Science and engineering education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Manufacturing Skills Act of 2015

 
 This bill requires the Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, Department of Education, Department of Defense and the Director of the National Science Foundation to jointly establish a Manufacturing Skills Partnership to administer and carry out a program to award competitive, three-year grants to enable up to five states and five metropolitan areas to carry out proposals to promote reforms in workforce education and skill training for manufacturing.
 
The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall: 
 
 
 acting through the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, conduct an audit of all federal education and skills training programs related to manufacturing to ensure that states and metropolitan areas are able to align federal resources with the labor demands of their primary manufacturing industries; and 
 
 work with states and metropolitan areas to determine how federal funds can be more tailored to meet their different needs.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Groundwater Conservation Incentive Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4175
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Income tax deductions
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Groundwater Conservation Incentive Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax deduction for soil and water conservation expenditures to include expenditures to reduce groundwater use and for the conversion from groundwater use to surface water use. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the recovery of damages in a civil action related to the disclosure of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4176
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 
This bill amends the federal criminal code limit the civil liability of a defendant who misuses personal information in a driving record.
 
Current law establishes civil liability for a defendant who knowingly obtains, discloses, or uses personal information in a driving record for an unauthorized purpose.
 
This bill limits a defendant's civil liability to the knowing disclosure or use of a driver's personal information for an unauthorized purpose.
 
Additionally, it revises the liability standard for punitive damages to require proof that a defendant's conduct was intentional (instead of willful or reckless). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

Bill: 114-hr-4177
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Consumer credit
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit political committees from accepting any Internet credit card contribution unless:
 
 
the individual or entity making the contribution is required, at the time of the contribution, to disclose the credit card's verification value; and
 
the billing address associated with the card is located in the United States or, if the contribution comes from an individual U.S. citizen living outside of the United States, the individual gives the committee the U.S. mailing address he or she uses for voter registration.
 
 
In the case of an Internet credit card contribution:
 
 
the person receiving the contribution shall forward it to the treasurer of the political comittee within 10 days, together with the name and address of the contributor and the date of receipt; and
 
the treasurer shall keep an account of the contributor's name and address, together with the date and amount of the contribution.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
American Unemployed Worker Investment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4178
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Small business
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

American Unemployed Worker Investment Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the work opportunity tax credit through 2017; (2) allow a small business employer (i.e., an employer who employs more than 10 but fewer than 25 full-time employees throughout the taxable year) an increased work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified unemployment compensation recipient; and (3) allow tax-exempt organizations a work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified unemployment compensation recipients. 
 
The bill defines "qualified unemployment compensation recipient" as any individual who is certified as: (1) not being a student for at least six months during the one-year period ending on the hiring date, (2) being in receipt of unemployment compensation on the hiring date, and (3) having a hiring date during the two-year period which begins on the enactment of this Act. 
 
The bill denies such credit unless: (1) the qualified unemployment compensation recipient is employed for not less than 35 hours per week for not less than 1 year, and (2) the number of full-time employees of the employer receiving such credit is increased by 1 for at least 1 year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-4179
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require online public inspection files that must be uploaded to the Internet by television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, and sorting.
 
Public inspection files include political files that contain records of requests to purchase broadcast time by or on behalf of candidates for public office or to communicate a message relating to a political matter of national importance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4181
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel used as fuel to: (1) allow a $1.00 tax credit for each gallon of biodiesel produced, (2) provide for an increased income tax credit for small biodiesel producers, (3) revise the definitions of "biodiesel" and "eligible small biodiesel producer," (4) treat renewable diesel in the same manner as biodiesel for income tax purposes, and (5) extend the biodiesel income and excise tax credits through December 31, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act

Bill: 114-hr-4182
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act 

 
 This bill requires each servicer of a home mortgage to provide in writing to a mortgagor of a residential mortgage loan specified prompt notifications and decisions regarding the mortgagor's written request for a short sale of the dwelling or residential real property subject to the mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest securing the mortgage loan.
 
An aggrieved individual may bring a civil action for equitable relief and a monetary award of $1,000 for any violation of this Act. 
 
This bill shall not apply to certain residential mortgages entered into before its enactment whose mortgage agreements explicitly provide a procedure or terms for a short sale approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4183
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Stop Trafficking in Fentanyl Act of 2015

 
 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl. 
 
Specifically, the bill reduces from 400 to 20 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 100 to 5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a 10-year or 20-year mandatory minimum prison term for high-level first-time or repeat offenders. It also reduces from 40 to 2 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 10 to 0.5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a 5-year or 10-year mandatory minimum prison term for low-level first-time or repeat offenders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Enemy Expatriation Act

Bill: 114-hr-4186
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2015-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: 

Enemy Expatriation Act

 
 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include traveling abroad to join, participate in, train with, fight for, conspire with, or otherwise support a foreign terrorist organization to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals shall lose their nationality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Stop Funding for Terrorism Act

Bill: 114-hr-4189
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2015-12-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: 

Stop Funding for Terrorism Act

 
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to requirements the Department of State must meet to rescind any determination that the government of a foreign country:
 
 
has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; and 
 
for this reason may not receive assistance under the Act, the Food for Peace Act, the Peace Corps Act, or the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.
 
 
The State Department may rescind such a determination and waive the prohibition on assistance only if, in addition to other existing requirements for rescission and waiver, Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval according to a specified procedure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Spectrum Challenge Prize Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4190
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2015-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: 

Spectrum Challenge Prize Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to conduct prize competitions to accelerate the development and commercialization of technology that improves spectrum efficiency and is capable of cost-effective deployment.
 
Not more than $5 million, in the aggregate, may be awarded to prize competition winners.
 
The Federal Communications Commission must publish a technical paper providing criteria that may be used for the design of such competitions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
United States Virgin Islands College Access Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4191
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: 
 
United States Virgin Islands College Access Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the U.S. Virgin Islands to use federal funds authorized by this Act to award grants to public four-year institutions of higher education (IHEs) located in the states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam to cover the difference between the in-state and out-of-state tuition and fees for students who have: (1) been domiciled in the Virgin Islands for at least the 12 months preceding their enrollment in the IHE; and (2) received on or after January 1, 2013, a secondary school diploma or its equivalent while domiciled there.
 
 The Government Accountability Office must monitor the program's effectiveness in expanding educational opportunities for such students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the valuation rule applicable to the early termination of certain charitable remainder unitrusts.

Bill: 114-hr-4192
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2015-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a special valuation rule for charitable remainder unitrusts that terminate early for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1726)
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project.

Bill: 114-hr-4193
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: 
This bill authorizes the licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] project number 2743) to occupy up to 20 acres of federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further authorization of the Department of the Interior or under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
 
This is the expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project described in the Upper Hidden Basin Grant Application dated July 2, 2014, as submitted by Kodiak Electric Association, Inc., to the Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII. 
 
The Expansion must meet the terms and conditions contained in any amendment to a license which may be issued by FERC subsequent to its environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-08
text: Introduced in House