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Local Control of Education Act

Bill: 114-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
School administration
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 

Local Control of Education Act 

 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit the federal government from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, controlling, incentivizing, or conditioning federal support on a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's adoption of:
 
 
the Common Core State Standards, any other academic standards common to a number of states, or any statewide or nationally recognized content standards; or 
any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to, or based on, specific academic standards. 
 
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to make those prohibitions applicable to grants awarded under the Race to the Top program for innovations and reforms in elementary and secondary education.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Education from conditioning the provision of a statutory or regulatory waiver under the ESEA on a state, LEA, Indian tribe, or school adopting any specific instructional content, academic standard, assessment, curriculum, or program of instruction. Makes that prohibition applicable to future and previously issued waivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H643)
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-525
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2015-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Horticulture and plants
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 

Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of "marihuana." Defines "industrial hemp" to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Deems Cannabis sativa L. to meet that concentration limit if a person grows or processes it for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act

Bill: 114-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2015-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Forests, forestry, trees
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 

Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act 

 
 Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting with specified exceptions. 
 
 Requires Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service lands, excluding lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, to be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the managing agency acts to close such lands to such activity for purposes of resource conservation, public safety, energy production, water supply facilities, or national security. 
 
Requires the heads of federal agencies to use their authorities to lease their lands or permit use of their lands for shooting ranges, and designate specific lands for recreational shooting activities. 
 
 Sets forth requirements for a permanent or temporary withdrawal, change of classification, or change of management status that effectively closes or significantly restricts 640 or more contiguous acres of federal public lands for fishing or hunting or related activities. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act

Bill: 114-hr-530
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-01-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Detention of persons
El Salvador
Foreign aid and international relief
Guatemala
Honduras
Latin America
Mexico
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 

Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act 

 
Directs the President to reduce foreign assistance allocations for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador: (1) by the number of unaccompanied alien children who are nationals or citizens of any of those countries placed in federal custody in the preceding fiscal year because of their immigration status, and (2) multiplied by $15,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act

Bill: 114-hr-531
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 

Accelerating Biomedical Research Act 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations to the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 114-hr-535
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2015-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Congressional tributes
Military history
Philippines
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 

Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II (Veterans) in recognition of their dedicated service during such War. States that such medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian) for display.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian should make the medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the Veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Provider Tax Administrative Simplification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 

Provider Tax Administrative Simplification Act of 2015

 
 Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve a waiver of the uniform tax requirement (whether or not the tax is broad based), regardless of whether the state concerned satisfies certain requirements, for any state with a provider tax that does not apply to continuing care retirement communities or life care communities that: (1) have no beds certified to provide medical assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, or (2) do not provide services for which Medicaid payment may be made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Obamacare Advertising Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-537
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 

Truth in Obamacare Advertising Act of 2015
 
 
Requires each communication that is federally funded, directly or indirectly, to advertise or educate the public on provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 or any programs, activities, requirements, or regulations established, funded, or authorized by such provisions to include a statement that such communication is printed and published, or produced and disseminated, at taxpayer expense. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the format and readability of such communications that are conveyed in print, by audio and video means, or by e-mail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2015-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Action for Dental Health Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-539
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Action for Dental Health Act 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize oral health promotion and disease prevention programs through FY2020. 
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may award grants or enter into contracts to obtain portable or mobile dental equipment and pay operational costs for the provision of free dental services to underserved populations.
 
The CDC may also award grants or enter into contracts to collaborate with state, county, or local public officials and other stakeholders to develop and implement initiatives to: (1) improve oral health education and dental disease prevention; (2) make the health care delivery system providing dental services more accessible and efficient through the development and expansion of outreach programs that facilitate the establishment of dental homes; (3) reduce geographic, language, cultural, and similar barriers in the provision of dental services; (4) reduce the use of emergency departments by those who seek dental services more appropriately delivered in a dental primary care setting; or (5) facilitate the provision of dental care to nursing home residents who are disproportionately affected by lack of care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

Bill: 114-hr-541
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

 
Amends title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to reauthorize appropriations under part H (School Dropout Prevention).
 
Establishes a transition-to-success mentoring program under part H of the ESEA requiring the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and community-based nonprofit organizations to establish, expand, or provide technical support to school-based mentoring programs to assist at-risk students in transitioning from middle to high school.
 
Requires grantees to assign to each at-risk student in his or her middle school a success coach who: 
 
 
 creates a plan of success for the student; 
 
 enters into an agreement with the student's parents regarding their role in implementing such plan; 
 
 meets with the student at least once a month to assess and assist the student's progress; 
 
 meets at least once a month with the student and the student's parents, teachers, or counselors to evaluate the student's progress and revise or establish new goals for the next academic year; and 
 
 serves as the student's advocate between the student's parents and teachers.
 
 
Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) train success coaches, (2) cover the cost of any materials they use under the mentoring program, and (3) hire staff to perform or support program objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-542
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include chiropractic services in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.
 
Doctors of chiropractic are eligible for the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-544
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Crime victims
Income tax deductions
Law enforcement officers
New York City
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015 

 
This bill authorizes a charitable tax deduction for cash contributions made for the relief of the families of slain New York Police Department Detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos even if such contributions are made for the exclusive benefit of such families. A taxpayer who makes such a contribution may claim a deduction in 2014 for contributions made between January 1, 2015, and April 15, 2015. The bill also provides that the recordkeeping requirements for the charitable tax deduction will be satisfied if the taxpayer produces a telephone bill showing the name of the organization to which a contribution was made with the date and amount of such contribution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Enemy Expatriation Act

Bill: 114-hr-545
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Enemy Expatriation Act 

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include engaging in or purposefully and materially supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals shall lose their nationality.
 
Defines &quot;hostilities&quot; as any conflict subject to the laws of war.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
ACE Kids Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-546
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Federal preemption
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 

Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015 
or the
 ACE Kids Act of 2015 

 
Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow a state, at its option, to elect to provide medical assistance for items and services furnished to eligible children with medically complex conditions enrolled in a Medicaid Children's Care Coordination (MCCC) program.
 
Requires an MCCC program, among other things, to coordinate, integrate, and provide for the furnishing of the full range of MCCC program services to enrolled children, as well as designate pediatric care management services and pediatric focused care coordination and health promotion.
 
Requires a state to enroll eligible children prospectively in an MCCC program through an initial 90-day assignment to a nationally designated children's hospital network, unless the child opts not to participate in any MCCC program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Introduced in House