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Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2675
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2015

 
 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to exempt from certain federal motor vehicle safety and labeling standards up to 500 replica motor vehicles per year manufactured or imported by a low volume manufacturer. 
 
The term &quot;low volume manufacturer&quot; means a motor vehicle manufacturer (other than a person registered as an importer meeting certain requirements) that annually produces no more than 5,000 motor vehicles worldwide.
 
Manufacturers shall register with DOT to qualify for an exemption.
 
DOT shall require a manufacturer to affix a permanent label to an exempt replica motor vehicle that identifies the motor vehicle safety and labeling standards from which that vehicle is exempt and the model year the vehicle replicates.
 
The Clean Air Act is amended to allow a low volume motor vehicle manufacturer to install in an exempted specifically produced replica motor vehicle a motor vehicle engine (including engine emission controls) from a motor vehicle granted a certificate of conformity with Environmental Protection Agency emission control standards, or another kind of engine granted an executive order for the model year in which the motor vehicle is assembled, if certain requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Build America Bonds Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2676
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic development
Floods and storm protection
Income tax credits
Public transit
Securities
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Build America Bonds Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to build America bonds, to: (1) make permanent the issuance authority for such bonds and the authority for payments to bond issuers, (2) make phased reductions in the credit percentage to bondholders and in the percentage of payments to issuers of such bonds, (3) make federal wage rate and other grant requirements applicable to such bonds, (4) allow refundings of currently-issued bonds, and (5) allow the use of such bonds to fund capital expenditures for levees and flood control projects.
 Provides for an increase in payments to issuers of build America bonds to compensate for reductions in the amount of such payments due to sequestration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Education to verify that individuals have made a commitment to serve in the Armed Forces or in public service, or otherwise are a borrower on an eligible loan which has been submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or is already in default, before such individuals obtain a consolidation loan.

Bill: 114-hr-2677
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965, with respect to eligibility for consolidation loans, to require verification of a borrower's status by the Department of Education in the following cases:
 
 
for obtaining income-contingent or -based repayment, and only if the loan has been submitted to the guaranty agency for default aversion or where the loan is already in default;
 
for the purposes of using the public service loan forgiveness program; or
 
for the purpose of using the no accrual of interest benefit for active duty service members.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit United States contributions to the United Nations Population Fund.

Bill: 114-hr-2678
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Family planning and birth control
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 
Prohibits funds available to the Department of State or any other department or agency from being used to provide contributions to the United Nations Population Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Tibetan Refugee Assistance Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2679
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
India
Nepal
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Tibet
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Tibetan Refugee Assistance Act of 2015

 
Makes 3,000 immigrant visas available in FY2016-FY2018 for individuals who were born in Tibet and have been continuously residing in India or Nepal prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.
 
Considers an individual to be a native of Tibet if such individual was born in Tibet or is the son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter of an individual born in Tibet.
 
 Provides derivative status for accompanying/following spouses and children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2682
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Buy American requirements
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Public contracts and procurement
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2015

 
 Directs each federal agency that provides contracts, grants, loans, or loan guarantees to businesses to require, as a condition of such assistance, that such businesses provide annually information on: 
 
 
 the number of employees employed in the United States and its territories and possessions and the number employed outside the United States, as well as wage information on U.S. employees; and 
 
 the percentage of the workforce that has been laid off or forced to resign during the preceding year. Prohibits, until the situation is corrected, subsequent federal assistance to businesses that lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States and its territories and possessions than in other countries.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act

Bill: 114-hr-2684
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act

 
 This bill amends the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to repeal the prohibition against gaming activities by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas on its lands if those gaming activities are prohibited by Texas law. 
 
The United States and the Tribe must execute and file in each applicable court a motion for dismissal of any pending claim arising out of or relating to any interest in the aboriginal lands of the Tribe. 
 
Any claim by or on behalf of the Tribe, or any predecessor in interest or any of its members, against the United States, Texas, or any landowner, which is based on any interest in or right involving any land or natural resources regarding the aboriginal lands, is hereby extinguished.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act

Bill: 114-hr-2686
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Terrorism
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: 

Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) an evaluation of the security risks of aliens who enter the United States without an approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization verification, and (2) a description of any improvements needed to minimize the number of aliens who enter the United States without such verification.
 
 Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary, in evaluating visa waiver program countries, should prioritize the reviews of countries in which circumstances indicate that such review is necessary or desirable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Introduced in House
To block any action from being taken to finalize or give effect to a certain proposed rule governing the Federal child support enforcement program.

Bill: 114-hr-2688
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul D. [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Department of Health and Human Services
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from taking any action to finalize, implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the proposed rule entitled &quot;Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement Programs&quot; or any proposal set forth in the proposed rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the scope of eligible water resources projects under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2689
Sponsor: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 
Defines &quot;water resources project&quot; and &quot;water resources development project&quot; to include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects, including projects designed to reclaim or reuse municipal wastewater or impaired surface or groundwater, for purposes of specified provisions of: (1) the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 concerning feasibility studies and feasibility reports for water resources projects, and (2) the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 concerning the annual Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Including Families in Mental Health Recovery Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2690
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Lawyers and legal services
Medical education
Mental health
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Including Families in Mental Health Recovery Act of 2015

 
Amends the HITECH Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations clarifying the circumstances under which, consistent with the standards governing the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), health care providers and covered entities may disclose the protected health information of patients with a mental illness, including for purposes of:
 
 
 communicating with a patient's family, friends, or caregivers, including about treatments, side effects, risk factors, and the availability of community resources, with or without patient consent; 
 
 considering the patient's capacity to agree or object to the sharing of patient information; 
 
 involving a patient's family members, friends, or caregivers in the patient's care plan in dealing with patient failures to adhere to medication or other therapy; 
 
 communicating with family members, caregivers, law enforcement, or others when the patient presents a serious and imminent threat of harm to self or others; and 
 
 communicating to law enforcement and family members or caregivers about the admission or release of a patient who was admitted to a facility for an emergency psychiatric hold or involuntary treatment.
 
 
Requires HHS to: (1) carry out such provisions in coordination with its Office for Civil Rights of HHS; and (2) ensure that the regulations pertaining to such provisions are consistent with the guidance entitled "HIPAA Privacy Rule and Sharing Information Related to Mental Health," issued by HHS on February 20, 2014.
 
Directs HHS to develop and disseminate model programs for: (1) training health care providers regarding the circumstances under which the protected health information of patients with a mental illness may be disclosed, (2) training lawyers and others in the legal profession on such circumstances, and (3) training patients and their families regarding their rights to protect and obtain information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Survivors Claims Processing Automation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2691
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Veterans' Survivors Claims Processing Automation Act of 2015

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay burial and funeral expenses, accrued benefits, dependency and indemnity compensation, and non-service connected disability or death pension amounts to a survivor of a veteran who has not filed a formal claim if the VA determines that the record contains sufficient evidence to establish the survivor's entitlement to such benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
REPAY Supplies Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2692
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Reimburse Educators who Pay for Academic Year Supplies Act of 2015 or the REPAY Supplies Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, and (2) allow such deduction to an individual who is a teacher or aide under a Head Start program for at least 700 hours during a school year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Automatic Voter Registration Act

Bill: 114-hr-2694
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Automatic Voter Registration Act

 
This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require state motor vehicle authorities (MVAs), upon receiving certain identifying information with respect to any individual requesting MVA services, to transmit it to the appropriate state election official.
 
The appropriate state election official shall then notify the individual that unless he or she notifies the official, before 21 calendar days elapse after issuance of the notification, that the individual declines to be registered to vote in federal elections in the state, the individual shall be considered to have submitted a completed voter registration application and be considered automatically registered unless:
 
 
the official determines that the individual does not meet voter registration eligibility requirements, or
 
the individual is already registered to vote.
 
 
A state may not use any identifying information regarding an individual's citizenship status for any purpose other than determining whether the individual is eligible to vote in federal elections.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act

Bill: 114-hr-2695
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act or the SUN Act

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in an open structured data format that is processable by computers, with the information easy to find, access, reuse, and download in bulk; and (2) the disclosure of the names and addresses of contributors of $5,000 or more to tax-exempt organizations that participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.
 
Authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to withhold from public inspection any social security account number included on the information return of a tax-exempt organization (i.e., Form 990).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Insurance Rate Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-2696
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2015-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: 

Insurance Rate Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress within 30 days of receiving information on health insurance premium increases for the 2016 plan year on the increase with information presented according to specified categories of consumers (e.g., single, non-smoking male who is 30 years of age). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Introduced in House