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Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-372
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Military personnel and dependents
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2015 
or the 
 Housing Fairness Act of 2015

 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a nationwide testing program to: (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, home buyer, or borrower; and (3) measure the prevalence of such discriminatory practices across housing and mortgage lending markets.
 
 Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to require that only qualified private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations receive funds under the fair housing initiatives program for investigations of violations of the rights granted under the Civil Rights Act of 1968. 
 
Requires the design of the national education and outreach program to provide for the development and dissemination of websites and other media outlets among its fair housing media products.
 
Requires private entities that formulate or carry out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices to be nonprofit in order to be eligible for contracts to establish or support education and outreach programs and to support community-based education and outreach activities.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish minimum standards for the training of testers of organizations funded with any amounts made available under this Act. 
 Directs the Secretary to implement a competitive matching grant program to assist public and private nonprofit organizations in: (1) conducting comprehensive studies of the causes and effects of housing discrimination and segregation on education, poverty, and economic development or on veterans and military personnel; and (2) implementing pilot projects that test solutions to help prevent or alleviate housing discrimination and segregation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Early Learning Act

Bill: 114-hr-374
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Supporting Early Learning Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching Quality Pathways grants to states that demonstrate the greatest progress toward establishing a high-quality system of early learning that includes: 
 
 
 state early learning standards; 
 
 preservice and ongoing training for staff; 
 
 the systematic review, rating, and monitoring of early learning programs for ameliorative purposes; 
 
 parental involvement; 
 
 health, disability, and family support services and referrals for participating children; 
 
 an early learning data system; and 
 
 a process for evaluating children's school readiness and ensuring their effective transition to the public school system.
 
 
Requires the grant to be used to further such progress and move more disadvantaged children into higher quality programs. Permits grantees to apply to the Secretary to reserve up to 25% of their grant to expand disadvantaged children's access to the highest quality early learning programs offering full-day, full-year services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive Development grants to states that were not awarded a Pathways grant, but commit to developing a high-quality system of early learning that includes the components listed above.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish indicators to measure state progress in meeting grant objectives, and states to establish Secretary-approved benchmarks for success that are based on those indicators.
 
Requires the Secretary to use certain reserved funds to: (1) establish a competitive grant demonstration program for Native American school readiness programs; (2) provide technical assistance to states to help them qualify for, apply for, and maintain this Act's grants; and (3) support the Institute of Education Sciences' research into, and evaluation of, this Act's grant-related activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Total Learning Act

Bill: 114-hr-375
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
School administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Total Learning Act

 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to full-service community schools or partnerships between local educational agencies and public or nonprofit social service providers or full-service community schools to implement innovative early learning curricula in preschool and elementary school programs in high-need communities for children from birth through age nine.
 
Defines &quot;full-service community schools&quot; as public schools which: (1) coordinate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based organizations and public and private partnerships; and (2) provide students, families, and the community with access to such services.
 
Includes as grant-covered costs, those incurred for: (1) extended school hours and days; (2) staff development, compensation, and retention; (3) comprehensive child and family support services; and (4) other activities the Secretary deems appropriate to promote academic success for impoverished children.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) award funds to a public or nonprofit organization experienced in an innovative early learning curriculum to provide training and technical assistance to grantees on implementing that curriculum, and (2) disseminate information concerning the grant program to potential grant applicants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-376
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Marketing and advertising
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015

 
Considers as a banned hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act: (1) any firearm receiver casting or firearm receiver blank (do-it-yourself assault weapon) that does not meet the definition of a firearm under the federal criminal code at the point of sale but that can be completed after purchase by the consumer to function as a firearm frame or receiver for a semiautomatic assault weapon or machine gun, or (2) an assault weapon parts kit or machine gun parts kit.
 
Makes it unlawful to market or advertise any of such weapons for sale on any medium of electronic communications, including over the Internet. Requires marketing or advertising violations to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-377
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who has attained age 18 and desires to make a handgun, or to obtain a unique serial number or other identifying mark for a handgun made by the person after 1968, to request a licensed firearms dealer to issue such serial number or identifying mark for such handgun. Treats such request as a proposed transfer of the firearm from the dealer to the applicant for purposes of National Instant Criminal Background Check System provisions.
 
Allows a licensed dealer to: (1) issue such serial number and identifying mark if federal firearms provisions would not prohibit the dealer from transferring the firearm to the applicant, and (2) charge an applicant a fee for the costs of issuing each serial number and identifying mark and contacting the System.
 
Prohibits a person from: (1) making a firearm unless the person has obtained a serial number and identifying mark under this Act, or (2) possessing or transferring a firearm made by the person after 1968 (with exceptions) unless a serial number and identifying mark have been issued under this Act and are stamped on or otherwise permanently affixed to the firearm within 10 days after issuance. Requires any such firearm that is made from polymer plastic to be imbedded with 3.7 ounces of material type 17-4 PH stainless steel on which the serial number or identifying mark is permanently affixed.
 
Directs the Attorney General to maintain, and make available on request, information on: (1) the number of serial numbers and identifying marks issued under this Act, and (2) the number of arrests for violations of this Act.
 
Sets penalties for violating this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Body Armor Possession Act

Bill: 114-hr-378
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Responsible Body Armor Possession Act

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the purchase, ownership, or possession of enhanced body armor, except: (1) by or under the authority of the United States or any state or political subdivision, or (2) enhanced body armor that was lawfully possessed before the effective date of this Act.
 
Defines &quot;enhanced body armor&quot; to mean body armor, including a helmet or shield, the ballistic resistance of which meets or exceeds the ballistic performance of Type III armor, determined using National Institute of Justice Standard-0101.06. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
National Nurse Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-379
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Nursing
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

National Nurse Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health within the Office of the Surgeon General.
 
Includes among the duties of this position: (1) providing leadership and coordination of Public Health Service nursing professional affairs for the Office of the Surgeon General and other agencies of the Public Health Service, (2) conducting outreach and education, and (3) providing guidance and leadership for activities that will increase public safety and emergency preparedness. 
 
Requires the National Nurse for Public Health to: (1) participate in identification of national health priorities, (2) encourage volunteerism of nurses and strengthen the relationship between government agencies and health-related national organizations, and (3) promote the dissemination of evidence-based practice in educating the public on health promotion and disease prevention activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-380
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2015

 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that: (1) a Social Security account number (or any derivative) is not displayed, coded, or embedded on the Medicare card issued to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); and (2) any other identifier displayed on such card is not identifiable as a Social Security account number (or any derivative).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-14
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: 2015-01-14
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: 2015-01-14
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: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-381
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Financial services and investments
Securities
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to prohibit an insured depository institution from being an affiliate of any broker or dealer, investment adviser, investment company, or any other person or entity engaged principally in the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribution of stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, or other securities.
 
Prohibits officers, directors and employees of securities firms from simultaneous service on the boards of depository institutions, except in specified circumstances.
 
Requires any such individual serving as an officer, director, employee, or other institution-affiliated party of any insured depository institution to terminate such service as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act. Requires an insured depository institution to wind-down in an orderly manner and terminate any affiliation prohibited by this Act. 
 
Amends the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act) to expand its prohibition against the transaction of banking activities by securities firms.
 
Declares that Congress ratifies the interpretation by the Supreme Court of specified statutory language in the case of 
Investment Company Institute v. Camp
 (
ICI
) regarding permissible activities of banks and securities firms. 
 
Declares that the reasoning of the Court in that case shall continue to apply to the limitations placed upon security affiliations under the FDIA as enacted by this Act. Prohibits a federal banking agency or federal court from issuing an interpretation regarding such security affiliations that is narrower than that of the Court in 
ICI
.
 
Makes technical and conforming changes to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Revised Statutes of the United States, and specified federal law.
 
Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, or another appropriate federal banking agency to report to Congress a detailed description of the basis for its decision each time it makes a determination or grants an extension concerning an affiliation between insured depository institutions and investment banks or securities firms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the "Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 114-hr-382
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the "Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
No Tax Dollars for the United Nations' Climate Agenda Act

Bill: 114-hr-383
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

No Tax Dollars for the United Nations' Climate Agenda Act

 
Prohibits federal department or agency funds from being used to make assessed or voluntary contributions to, or for, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

Bill: 114-hr-384
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: 

Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

 
Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States to report to Congress annually on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain administrative proceedings and civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) to which the United States is a party, including settlement agreements. Requires that such reports: (1) describe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the claims involved in the controversy, and any other relevant information that may aid Congress in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards; and (2) be made available to the public online.
 
Directs the Chairman to create and maintain online a searchable database containing specified information with respect to each award, including the name of the agency involved, the name of each party to whom the award was made, the amount of the award, and the basis for finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified.
 
Directs the head of each agency, including the Attorney General, to provide the Chairman all information requested to comply with such requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Introduced in House