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Voter Registration Modernization Act

Bill: 114-s-1088
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 

Voter Registration Modernization Act 

 
 Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. 
 
Directs the appropriate state or local election official to ensure that information on the computerized statewide voter registration list may be updated through the official public website. 
 
Directs the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study best practices for implementing the requirements for Internet registration and the online updating of voter registration information.
 
Authorizes the provision of election information by electronic mail to individuals registered to vote who have requested to receive it.
 
Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make an implementation payment each year to enable each state to meet the requirements of this Act and to carry out activities to improve the administration of federal elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Impact Partnership Act

Bill: 114-s-1089
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child safety and welfare
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability assistance
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Teenage pregnancy
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 

Social Impact Partnership Act

 
Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C (Social Impact Partnerships).
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from states or local governments for social impact partnership projects which produce a measurable, clearly defined outcome that results in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed, high school graduation, and reduction of teen and unplanned pregnancies as well as incidences and adverse consequences of child abuse and neglect. Requires applications to include a feasibility study, funded under this Act, which contains specified information.
 
Requires the Secretary to decide whether to enter into such a contract within six months after receiving an application.
 
Requires independent evaluation to determine whether the state or local government project has met an outcome specified in the contract in order for such governments to receive outcome payments.
 
Establishes the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships. 
 
Makes appropriations for 10 years to carry out this Act.
 
Authorizes the Government Accountability Office to audit the social impact partnership project activities of any state, local, government, or nongovernment entity that receives funds under this Act.
 
Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency to consider, in assessing and taking into account the record of a financial institution in meeting the credit needs of its entire community, its investments in social impact partnership projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Alfredo Plascencia Lopez.

Bill: 114-s-1091
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Alfredo Plascencia Lopez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ruben Mkoian, Asmik Karapetian, and Arthur Mkoyan.

Bill: 114-s-1092
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Ruben Mkoian, Asmik Karapetian, and Arthur Mkoyan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Jose Alberto Martinez Moreno, Micaela Lopez Martinez, and Adilene Martinez.

Bill: 114-s-1093
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Jose Alberto Martinez Moreno, Micaela Lopez Martinez, and Adilene Martinez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Javier Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia Arenas.

Bill: 114-s-1094
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Javier Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia Arenas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Jorge Rojas Gutierrez and Oliva Gonzalez Gonzalez.

Bill: 114-s-1095
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Jorge Rojas Gutierrez and Oliva Gonzalez Gonzalez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Joseph Gabra and Sharon Kamel.

Bill: 114-s-1096
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Joseph Gabra and Sharon Kamel.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Alicia Aranda De Buendia.

Bill: 114-s-1097
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Alicia Aranda De Buendia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Esidronio Arreola-Saucedo, Maria Elna Cobian Arreola, Nayely Arreola Carlos, and Cindy Jael Arreola.

Bill: 114-s-1098
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Provides for the relief of Esidronio Arreola-Saucedo, Maria Elna Cobian Arreola, Nayely Arreola Carlos, and Cindy Jael Arreola.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
PACE Act

Bill: 114-s-1099
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 

Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
 

or the PACE Act

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Public Health Service Act to include employers with 51 to 100 employees as large employers for purposes of health insurance markets.
 
PPACA is amended to give states the option to treat these employers as small employers. Currently, employers with 51 to 100 employees are small employers, but before January 1, 2016, states have the option to treat them as large employers. (Under PPACA, health insurance offered in the small group market must meet certain requirements that do not apply to the large group market, including the requirement to cover the essential health benefits.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-18
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-675.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1100
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government liability
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 

Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2015

 
Bars any federal agency from authorizing a prescribed burn on federal land if, for the county or contiguous county in which the federal land is located, the grassland fire danger index indicates a high, very high, or extreme danger of grassland fire or the Forest Service has declared a very high or extreme fire danger, unless the agency obtains prior approval from the applicable state government and local fire officials. 
 
Makes a federal agency that authorizes a prescribed burn liable for any damage to private property, notwithstanding the Federal Tort Claims Act or any state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-16
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred sequentially to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry by unanimous consent with instructions that if the bill is reported by that Committee, the bill be referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1102
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 

Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to accept specified risk-sharing requirements.
 
 For any fiscal year in which at least 25% of the IHE's student body is participating in the Direct Loan program, the IHE must remit a risk-sharing payment (a percentage of the total amount of its defaulted Direct Loans) that declines as the cohort default rate declines.
 
 If an IHE develops and implements an approved student loan management plan that includes individualized financial aid counseling for students and strategies to minimize student loan default and delinquency, the Department of Education (ED) must modify the risk-sharing requirements. ED may waive or reduce an IHE's risk-sharing payments in certain other instances.
 
 An IHE may not deny admission or financial aid based on a perception that a student may be at risk for defaulting on a Direct Loan.
 
 ED may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements for: (1) statewide or institutionally-based programs for the prevention of federal student loan delinquency and default at IHEs that have a high cohort default rate or serve large numbers of students who have a higher risk of defaulting on student loans under title IV, and (2) increasing the number of borrowers who successfully rehabilitate defaulted loans.
 
Risk-sharing payments are to be deposited in a separate account in the Treasury and used as follows: (1) up to 50% for ED to enter into the contracts or cooperative agreements for delinquency and default prevention or rehabilitation, and (2) the remainder to offset any future shortfalls in funding under the Federal Pell Grant program.
 
An IHE's ability to meet its obligation to make risk-sharing payments shall be part of the determination of its eligibility to participate in title IV programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure:CR S2433)
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon Dam.

Bill: 114-s-1103
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Licensing and registrations
Montana
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon the request of the licensee for the project numbered 12429 (Clark Canyon Dam, Montana), to reinstate the license and extend for three years after enactment of this Act the time period during which the licensee is required to commence the construction of project works.

action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon the request of the licensee for the project numbered 12429 (Clark Canyon Dam, Montana), to reinstate the license and extend for three years after enactment of this Act the time period during which the licensee is required to commence the construction of project works.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-132.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-132.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2433; text of measure as introduced: CR S2433-2434)
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam.

Bill: 114-s-1104
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Licensing and registrations
Montana
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 
This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of the licensee for the project numbered 12478-003 (Gibson Dam, Montana), to extend the time period during which the licensee is required to commence construction for six years beginning on the date of expiration of the previous extension issued by FERC before enactment of this Act. 

action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of the licensee for the project numbered 12478-003 (Gibson Dam, Montana), to extend the time period during which the licensee is required to commence construction for six years beginning on the date of expiration of the previous extension issued by FERC before enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 213.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-133.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-133.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2433; text of measure as introduced: CR S2434)
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1105
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 
Allows services for which a homeless veteran receives a grant under the Department of Veterans Affairs comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to include furnishing care for a dependent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Go to High School, Go to College Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1106
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 

Go to High School, Go to College Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to carry out (from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2021) a program awarding Early College Federal Pell Grants to students to support their enrollment in, and completion of, postsecondary courses offered through early college high schools.
 
Students who would be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant if not for their enrollment in secondary school are deemed eligible for an Early College Federal Pell Grant upon their completion of a full-time postsecondary semester or its equivalent.
 
Students may receive Early College Federal Pell Grants in an amount equal to the cost of not more than four full-time postsecondary semesters or the equivalent while enrolled in postsecondary courses offered by an early college high school.
 
Early College Federal Pell Grants shall count toward the 12-semester, or equivalent, limit on a student's receipt of Federal Pell Grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Fluke Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1107
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 

Fluke Fairness Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to submit for approval by the Department of Commerce a modified fishery management plan for the commercial and recreational management of summer flounder, or an amendment to the plan, that:
 
 
 is based on the best scientific information available; 
 
 reflects changes in the distribution, abundance, and location of summer flounder in establishing distribution of the commercial and recreational catch quotas; 
 
 considers regional, coastwide, or other management measures that comply with national standards under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and 
 
 prohibits the allocation of catch quotas on a state-by-state basis using historical landings data that does not reflect the status of the summer flounder stock, based on the most recent scientific information. 
 
 
Commerce must prepare and approve a plan if the Council fails to submit the modifications or amendments.
 
The Government Accountability Office must assess and report on whether the subsequent implementation of the approved plan or amendment complies with national standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Stanley Cooper Death Benefits for Court Security Officers Act

Bill: 114-s-1108
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 

Stanley Cooper Death Benefits for Court Security Officers Act

 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a court security officer under contract with the U.S. Marshals Service within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of public safety officers' death benefits.
 
Makes this Act applicable with respect to any injury sustained on or after January 1, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2476)
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate