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September 11th VCF Reauthorization and U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Compensation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3858
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Europe
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
France
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Iran
Law enforcement officers
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Middle East
New York City
Research administration and funding
Sanctions
Terrorism
War and emergency powers
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 

September 11th VCF Reauthorization and U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Compensation Act

 
This bill amends the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to exclude future medical expense loss from the economic losses that may be claimed under the fund.
 
Eligibility for compensation under the fund is expanded to include individuals (or relatives of deceased individuals) who were injured or killed in the rescue and recovery efforts after the aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001.
 
The filing period for claims is extended until October 4, 2021. The 9/11 Fund is established to pay claimants filing after October 3, 2016. A specified amount paid to the U.S. government as part of a plea agreement between the Department of Justice and BNP Paribas must be deposited into the 9/11 Fund.
 

Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act

 
The United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund is established to compensate victims of state-sponsored terrorism and the Iran hostage crisis. Deposited into the fund are: (1) criminal and civil penalties for violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or the Trading with the Enemy Act, or for a federal offense arising from doing business with or acting on behalf of a state sponsor of terrorism; (2) the amount remaining from the plea agreement between the Department of Justice and BNP Paribas after the deposit to the 9/11 Fund; and (3) proceeds from the sale of certain assets of Iran.
 
The bill provides for compensation to a person who informs the Department of Justice of funds or property of a state sponsor of terrorism. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act

Bill: 114-hr-3860
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Disability and paralysis
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 

Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act 

 
 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves. Definitions of "companionship services" and "domestic service employment" are detailed. Excluded from companionship services are any relating to the care and protection of the aged or infirm which require and are performed by trained medical personnel.
 
The exemption shall now extend to third-party employment of an employee to provide companionship services to such individuals, including non-medical in-home personal care or household work related to their care. "Third-party employment" means employees who provide companionship or live-in domestic services while employed by an employer or agency other than the family or household using their services, whether or not such an employee provides services to more than one household or family in the same workweek when providing such services.
 
Exempted also from the Act's maximum hour requirements are third-party employment in domestic service of an employee who resides in the household in which the services are provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act

Bill: 114-hr-3861
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 

Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include payments of qualified education loans paid to either an employee or a lender.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Community College to Career Fund Act

Bill: 114-hr-3862
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
National Guard and reserves
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 

Community College to Career Fund Act

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible community colleges, four-year public institutions of higher education, tribal colleges or universities, private or nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education in specified U.S. territories, or a consortium of any of them, in partnership with employers or an employer or industry partnership representing multiple employers, in order to develop, offer, improve, and provide educational or career training programs for workers.
 
The governor of the state in which at least one of these entities is located shall establish criteria for an educational or career training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential for which an eligible entity submits a grant proposal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3863
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Disaster relief and insurance
Housing and community development funding
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 

Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to modify the definition of &quot;private nonprofit facility&quot; to include any facilities (including roads, bridges, sewer systems, and other critical community infrastructure) owned or operated by a common interest community that provide essential services of a governmental nature.
 
The bill also defines additional terms under such Act, including &quot;condominium&quot; and &quot;housing cooperative.&quot; &quot;Common interest community&quot; is defined as: (1) any nonprofit mandatory membership organization comprised of owners of real estate (other than a condominium or housing cooperative) described in a declaration or created pursuant to a covenant or other applicable law with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a unit, is obligated to pay for a share of real estate taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance or improvement of, or services or other expenses related to, common elements, other units, or any other real estate other than the unit described in the declaration; and (2) a condominium project that is comprised entirely of detached single family units or that is comprised of four or more multi-unit housing structures and that owns or operates facilities that provide essential services of a governmental nature. 
 
The bill amends such Act to provide that for purposes of the provision of federal disaster assistance with respect to residential elements that are the legal responsibility of an association for a condominium or housing cooperative, the terms &quot;individual&quot; or &quot;household&quot; include the association. 
 
The President must determine the maximum amount of assistance that any such association may receive under such Act for a single disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

Bill: 114-hr-3864
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Lawyers and legal services
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 

Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

 
This bill prohibits any person acting under the authority of the United States from monitoring any electronic communication by a prisoner in a Bureau of Prisons correctional facility if such communication is subject to attorney-client privilege. This does not apply to any communications the Department of Justice has reason to believe pose a threat to national security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Cradle Act

Bill: 114-hr-3865
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health facilities and institutions
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 

Cradle Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow for alternative certification requirements for a residential pediatric recovery center to participate in a state Medicaid program. A "residential pediatric recovery center" is a facility that treats infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), which is caused by exposure to opioids before birth.
 
With respect to certifying such facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid must establish guidelines that: (1) include requirements specifically applicable to treating infants with NAS, and (2) take into account that certain requirements needed for centers that treat adults may not be necessary for facilities that treat such infants. A residential pediatric recovery center may satisfy the requirements set forth in these guidelines in lieu of any comparable requirements otherwise applicable for purposes of the center's participation under a state Medicaid program.
 
A facility licensed by a state as a residential pediatric recovery center shall be treated as having satisfied certification requirements for participation under the Medicaid program for that state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

Bill: 114-hr-3867
Sponsor: Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Montana
North Dakota
Rural conditions and development
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: 

Clean Water for Rural Communities Act

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to carry out the projects entitled: (1) the &quot;Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System,&quot; in accordance with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water System Feasibility Study, which received funding from the Bureau of Reclamation on September 1, 2010; and (2) the &quot;Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System,&quot; in accordance with the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System Feasibility Report. The bill defines the service areas of such projects in North Dakota and Montana.
 
Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority and the Central Montana Regional Water Authority to provide federal assistance for the planning, design, and construction of such Water Systems. The federal share of such costs and the authorized uses of federal funds, which shall exclude operation, maintenance, or replacement of the Water Systems, are specified.
 
The Western Area Power Administration must make available to the Dry-Redwater System a quantity of power (up to one and a half megawatt capacity) required to meet the System's pumping and incidental operation requirements between May 1 and October 31 of each year: (1) from the water intake facilities; and (2) through all pumping stations, water treatment facilities, reservoirs, storage tanks, and pipelines up to the point of delivery of water to all storage reservoirs and tanks and each entity that distributes water at retail to individual users. The System shall be eligible to receive such power only if it: (1) operates on a nonprofit basis, and (2) is constructed pursuant to the cooperative agreement with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority. Additional power may be purchased. The Authority is responsible for: (1) charges for such additional power, (2) the costs of non-federal transmission and distribution system delivery and service arrangements, and (3) funding any upgrades to the transmission system owned by the Western Area Power Administration Basin Electric Power District and the Heartland Consumers Power District required to deliver power to the System.
 
The bill authorizes appropriations and adjustments in authorized amounts in accordance with ordinary fluctuations in development costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Bill: 114-hr-3870
Sponsor: Rep. Takai, Mark [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2015-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Marshall Islands
Nuclear weapons
Radiation
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: 

Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

 
This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the period January 1, 1977-December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Stingray Privacy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3871
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2015-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: 

Stingray Privacy Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits the use of cell-site simulators by law enforcement agencies. Cell-site simulators are surveillance devices designed to capture data from cell phones.
 
Law enforcement agencies must obtain warrants for the use of cell-site simulators.However, agencies are permitted to use the devices without a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or in emergency situations. Evidence obtained from a cell-site simulator unlawfully cannot be used in any legal or official proceeding.
 
 Use of a cell-site simulator outside the scope of this bill is punishable by a fine and/or up to 10 years in prison. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3872
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Minority education
Minority employment
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: 

Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the allowable use of grant funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to include grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support criminal justice-related majors. It prioritizes grants to predominantly black institutions, historically black colleges and universities, IHEs where at least 40% of students are Latino, and IHEs where at least 40% of students are Native American.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
International Cyber Policy Oversight Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3873
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2015-11-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Intellectual property
International law and treaties
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: 

International Cyber Policy Oversight Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of State to: (1) produce a comprehensive strategy, with a classified annex if necessary, relating to U.S. international cyberspace policy; and (2) publicly release such strategy and brief Congress upon its release, including any accompanying classified annex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require reports on the Rewards for Justice program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3874
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2015-11-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Organized crime
Terrorism
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: 
This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require notification of Congress at least 15 days after a reward is authorized under the Department of State's rewards for justice program.
 
 Notification shall include information about the identity of the individual receiving the award, the reward's amount, the acts for which the reward is being made, and how the reward is being publicized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Autonomous Vehicle Privacy Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3876
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2015-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Right of privacy
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: 

Autonomous Vehicle Privacy Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to make publicly available a report that assesses the organizational readiness of the Department of Transportation to address autonomous vehicle technology challenges, including consumer privacy protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-02
text: Introduced in House